<p>"Mayme Sevander and Laurie Hertzel tell a poignant tale of a hidden corner of U.S. and Soviet history. Tracing the hopes and hardships of one family over two continents, They Took My Father explores the boundaries of loyalty, identity, and ideals." -Amy Goldstein, Washington Post"What makes Mayme's story so uniquely-almost unbelievably-tragic is that her family chose to move from the United States to the Soviet Union in 1934, thinking they were going to help build a 'worker's paradise.' They found, instead, a deadly nightmare." -St. Paul Pioneer Press"This gripping and timely book traces the beginnings of communism not as dry history but as a fascinating personal drama that spreads across Russia, Finland, and the mining towns of Upper Michigan and the Iron Range of Minnesota. . . . An important and largely ignored part of history comes alive in one woman's story of her tragic family, caught up in the all-consuming struggle of the twentieth century." -Frank Lynn, political reporter, New York TimesMayme Sevander (1924-2003) was born in Brule, Wisconsin, and emigrated with her family to the Soviet Union in 1934.Laurie Hertzel is a journalist at the Minneapolis Star Tribune.</p>

They Took My Father: Finnish Americans in Stalin’s Russia

Biographies & Memoirs

Sevander, Mayme

Community & Culture

Univ. of Minnesota Press

<p>The author recounts how her family idealistically moved to Russia, only to have her father arrested during one of Stalin's purges</p>

They Took My Father: A Story of Idealism and Betrayal

History

Hertzel, Laurie

Europe

Pfeifer-Hamilton Pub

Of Soviet bondage

OSCAT

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