Piecing Together the Past to Honor Our Fathers - Tanya Wojtowych & Oxana Lapchuk Ep 670

Tanya Wojtowych grew up on Ranger Stations in the Pacific Northwest, majored in Soviet Studies and Defense at an east coast University, then spent several years trying to get closer to her roots while working in Europe. After stints in New York and the Bay Area, Tanya settled back into the Pacific North West to work primarily in agriculture (the wine industry, Dry Pea and Lentil Council, Direct Seed Association) and finally married and established a private Agriculture Research farm. The pursuit of learning about her “Tato’s” life and what made him such a remarkable man has consumed most of her “free” time. Julian Wojtowych, a Ukrainian patriot born into the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1916, lived the last year of his life with Tanya in Genesee, Idaho. As his mind veered between worlds, Tanya learned more than she ever wanted to know about the terrors of his past. After his death in 1998 Tamya pursued facts and characters to answer all the questions she never asked. The downfall of the Soviet Union and rapid development of the internet and digitized information sources helped immeasurably. Tanya’s quest introduced her to fascinating places and wonderful people—one of whom is Oxana Lapchuk Koval.

Oxana Lapchuk had a dream to write her father’s holocaust story. She traveled to Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany to get the timeline of the four different camps he was in. The Archives Division provided her with that information and she was able to complete the book. Oxana did an author talk at the Winter Park library and spoke at Support Ukraine events.

Contact Oxana Lapchuk:my book, The Journalist - A Holocaust Story since it is not only a story of survival but gives others hope that even in impossible situations victory can be achieved

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