Xenia Zachadckuk grew up in South Jersey to Ukrainian parents. She shares the story of her mother’s courageous escape from Ukraine and Europe during World War II and her father’s time in a displaced person’s camp.

Xenia tells us about the trauma of war and the influence it had on her grandparents, her parents, and even her.ukr

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