To Russia with Love: An Alaskan's Journey

Growing up during the tumultuous era of Hitler and Stalin, Victor Fischer witnessed the harrowing consequences of political repression as friends' parents vanished due to arrests. The son of a prominent American journalist and a Russian writer, his family's escape from Russia was orchestrated by Eleanor Roosevelt. Victor later served in the U.S. Army during World War II, while his childhood friends found themselves on opposing sides in the conflict, highlighting the stark realities of war and political strife.