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Social Science Jewish Studies

Behind the Red Curtain

by (author) Maya Rakitova

Publisher
The Azrieli Foundation
Initial publish date
Nov 2016
Category
Jewish Studies, Adolescence, 20th Century, History, Historical
Recommended Age
14 to 18
Recommended Grade
9 to 12
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781988065229
    Publish Date
    Nov 2016
    List Price
    $6.99

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Description

Swept up in the Bolshevik revolution, Joseph Stalin’s Communist Party purges and World War II, the Rakitova family faces innumerable obstacles to survival. But young Maya knows only that her father is gone and that she must hide her Jewish identity. With what Maya calls “uncommon courage,” her mother fights to protect her, relying on the tenuous hope that Maya can keep her identity a secret.

About the author

Maya Rakitova was born in Smolensk, the Soviet Union, on June 4, 1931. In 1954, she graduated from the Faculty of Radio and Television at the Bonch-Bruevich Leningrad Electro-Technical Institute of Communications. Maya, her husband and their youngest daughter immigrated to Montreal in 1981. There, Maya worked at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) for seventeen years. Maya and her husband live in Montreal.

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