In this episode, we hear Sara’s story of her father’s arrest in early 1934 and his subsequent exile to Kazakhstan. Just as Sara and her mother were preparing to move from Moscow and join him in the city of Alma-Ata, the secret police took him away again. Sara and her mother lost him forever, never learning of his fate.

New episodes are available every Wednesday from August 1 to October 17, 2018.

In this episode, we hear Sara’s story of her father’s arrest in early 1934 and his subsequent exile to Kazakhstan. Just as Sara and her mother were preparing to move from Moscow and join him in the city of Alma-Ata, the secret police took him away again. Sara and her mother lost him forever, never learning of his fate. New episodes are available every Wednesday from August 1 to October 17, 2018.

SC EP005: Losing Papa

“Sara’s Century” explores how revolution, war, and immigration affected a single
individual, in this case a Jewish émigré born in the Soviet Union in 1919.

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“Sara’s Century” explores how revolution, war, and immigration affected a single individual, in this case a Jewish émigré born in the Soviet Union in 1919.

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SC EP005: Losing Papa

SC EP005: Losing Papa