My Ukrainian grandfather fought the Nazis with Russians. Putin's war terrorizes us again.

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Jessie Asya Kanzer

I was born in a beautiful little city called Riga in the then-Soviet republic of Latvia. My family history dates back generations in Latvia. It's where my maternal grandmother, Babushka Dina, eventually returned to – after Russian dictator Joseph Stalin sent her and her parents to a Siberian camp and after the rest of her relatives were murdered in the Holocaust.

My paternal family hails from Ukraine – the first place I ever visited as a child. They, too, had to run from the Nazis but also returned.

Still, the oppression of the Soviet Union was relentless (especially for Jews like us who suffered under antisemitic policies). We escaped the Soviet Union as it was flailing in 1989 and settled in Brooklyn, New York.

After more than three decades in this country, I applied for Latvian citizenship for myself and my young daughters, alongside our American citizenship. After all, Latvia is a free country now that joined the European Union and is thriving.

That is exactly what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants for his country.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukrainian-grandfather-fought-nazis-russians-165735575.html

[chocolatpi]

1. K&R, thank you for all the articles, always on point. n/t

[world wide wally]

2. Europe and the US should issue a statement that they have accepted Ukraine into NATO