Letters from Vlad: 9/23/13: Vlad

Monday, September 23, 2013

9/23/13: Vlad

Letter received. Big New Year's Eve. Be able to translate a letter for the simple mail or not. I want to write in great detail. Embrace all.

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The Story

In the late 1920s, after the Bolshevik Revolution, my Polish great-grandfather was arrested by the Communist government and sent to Siberia, forced to leave his two children behind. After eight years in a labor camp, he began a new life, afraid to return home. He thought his family was lost, but my grandfather (or Dziadek, as I knew him) survived. Decades later, Dziadek learned he had a half-brother in Russia-- my great-uncle Vlad, who's about the same age as my dad. After Dziadek died, though, all contact with the family was lost. In the fall of 2013, a Russian reality show reunited us, and now, thanks to Google Translate and a little creativity, we're able to (mostly) communicate. These are our letters. (Translated into English for Vlad, and back into English from the Russian for me.)

Monday, September 23, 2013

9/23/13: Vlad

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