Autobiographical story. The fate of the heroine, the history of her family, woven into the history of the country of the 20-40s of the 20th century, will not leave readers of any age indifferent. Victoria Babenko-Woodbury spent her childhood and pre-war youth in Soviet Ukraine. The Babenko family experienced all the costs of the Stalinist regime. During the years of fascist occupation, Victoria, like thousands of her peers, was taken to work in Germany. Having gone through the horrors of slavery, escape, and the ordeal of returning home, she again decided to be separated from her family, a mortal risk way back to the West, to the derogatory attitude of the homeland towards the people abandoned by it to the mercy of the enemy. This book is a tribute to the love of Ukraine, carried by the author through years and distances, a contribution to the historical memory of Ukrainians. The book is designed for the widest readership.