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Stefan Waydenfeld

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born

June 18, 1925 in Otwock, Poland

gender

male

website

http://www.theiceroadstory.com

genre

History, Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction

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Dr. Stefan Waydenfeld was born 1925 in a suburb of Warsaw, Poland, to a successful and well-educated professional family. Waydenfeld’s father was a medical doctor who specialized in the treatment of tuberculosis in children and young adults, and his mother was a bacteriologist specializing in clinical pathology.

Waydenfeld was 14 years old when World War II began with the Nazi German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939. Rushing to join his father in the Polish defense, young Waydenfeld encountered the Soviet army, which invaded from the east on September 17, 1939.

Soon he was dodging the daily tyranny of the Soviet occupiers—until the Soviets caught up with him and his parents, deporting them to a Siberian labor camp.

After their escape a...more

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Books by Stefan Waydenfeld

Average rating: 4.27 · 15 ratings · 7 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	The Ice Road: An Epic Journey from the Stalinist Labor Camps to Freedom 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Ice Road 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002	My rating:

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Quotes by Stefan Waydenfeld

“The most important thing I gained from my travels was the knowledge that one could achieve anything with determination and an ounce of luck.”
― Stefan Waydenfeld

tags: inspirational , philosophy , war

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