The Allies - Abramow-Newerly, Jaroslaw
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This book lay almost half a century at the bottom of an old computer before it was published. At the time, it was considered politically 'inappropriate' because it was too 'anti-Russian.' It was written in America by two political émigrés, refugees from the communist part of the world, who knew Russia as it really is and always has been, even during World War II, when it pretended to be a faithful ally of the United States. American pilots, crew members of a B 29 bomber, are hit by anti-aircraft fire during a reconnaissance flight over Japan. They make an emergency landing in USSR territory.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This book lay almost half a century at the bottom of an old computer before it was published. At the time, it was considered politically 'inappropriate' because it was too 'anti-Russian.' It was written in America by two political émigrés, refugees from the communist part of the world, who knew Russia as it really is and always has been, even during World War II, when it pretended to be a faithful ally of the United States. American pilots, crew members of a B 29 bomber, are hit by anti-aircraft fire during a reconnaissance flight over Japan. They make an emergency landing in USSR territory. It would seem that they are safe on the lands of an ally, but the reality turned out to be frighteningly different. Although this book is historical fiction and its characters are invented, they are woven into real historical events related to the Manhattan Project infiltrated from within by Soviet spies. During Gorbachev's 'thaw,' Stalin was forgotten, and Russia was to be 'an example and model of democracy' from then on. Even then, this book was supposed to be a warning; now it is allmost a wake-up call. Today's Russia, waging a criminal, aggressive war against Ukraine, Russia of Vladimir Putin, with its troll farms, armed green men, murdering disobedient citizens in labor camps, poses an even greater threat to the entire free world.
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Jaroslaw Abramow-Newerly Jaroslaw Abramow-Newerly was born in Poland before World War II. While still in college, he co-founded the Student Satirical Theatre (SST), for which he wrote skits and songs and made his acting debut. He was also co-founder and editor-in-chief of the weekly "From the New". In 1957, he joined the editorial board of the magazine "Young Struggle." In the same year, he also became part of the Youth Editorial Board of Polish Radio. In 1958-1959, as a journalist and reporter for the "Polish Weekly", he stayed in Paris. In 1960-1966, he was the head of the Youth Radio Theatre Editorial Board at the Chief Editorial Office of Polish Radio Literary Broadcasts. In 1962 he became a member of the Union of Polish Writers, and in 1965 of the Polish PEN Club. In 1970-1972 he was literary manager of the People's Theatre. In 1973 he became secretary of the Board of Directors of the Polish Playwrights' Club. On August 23, 1980, he joined the appeal of 64 scholars, writers and publicists to the authorities of the People's Republic of Poland to enter into dialogue with striking workers, for which his work was boycotted under martial law, and emigrated to Canada. By then he had managed to publish dozens of satirical one-act plays, the most famous of which include "Thinking Has a Colossal Future," "The Great Lover, or Great Clarity," as well as many full-length plays, such as "Angel at the Station" and "Derby in the Palace." As if that weren't enough, he's also a composer who has created music for his own, as well as other songwriters', songs. In Canada, together with Christopher Topolski, he wrote The Allies. After the fall of communism, he published ten more best-selling books in free Poland over the next thirty years. He is now considered one of the greatest Polish contemporary writers. Christopher Topolski Christopher Topolski was born in Poland after World War II. His father, a high state dignitary, had been active in the then illegal Communist Party before the war during his student days. Raised in such a home, his son dealt with this false ideology on his own, and while still at school began writing cabaret texts ridiculing the ruling system. He took an active part in the 1968 student revolt. He was sentenced to a year and a half in prison for this, and upon his release he was expelled from Poland and stripped of his citizenship as an "enemy of the people and a Zionist," a result of the despicable anti-Semitic campaign going on at the time. He emigrated to Canada, where he followed the proverbial path known as the American dream, from rags to riches. In 20 years, he went from hotel boy to manager and co-owner of an international car trading company. However, he did not forget his youthful passion and translated Polish poems and songs into English, and driven by a desire to understand his past, he studied the history of communism, which led him to an in-depth knowledge of Russian history. In Canada, he befriended the famous Polish writer and composer, also a political émigré, Jaroslaw Abramow-Newrly. Disgusted with the then prevailing atmosphere of friendship with Gorbachev's Soviet Union, that is, practically with Russia, they decided to write a book that would "awaken" the free world, showing as in a distorted mirror the truth about the alliance of the US and the USSR during World War II, and so the book The Allies was written. Christopher Topolski returned to free Poland after the fall of communism, where he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Rebirth of Poland by the President of Poland for his part in that fall.