The Altar Girl: A Prequel

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

An author presentation at the Ukrainian Museum in New York on April 26, 2013 resulted in my meeting Professor Roman Voronka and Dr. George Saj. It was during a fabulous reception that these extraordinary men sparked my interest in Ukrainian Displaced Persons camps. Special thanks to Professor Voronka for sharing authentic historical details that significantly enhanced the manuscript. Mark Wyman’s excellent treatise, DPs: Europe’s Displaced Persons, 1945–1951, served as reference, as did the essays included in The Refugee Experience: Ukrainian Displaced Persons after World War II, published by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press at the University of Alberta. Thanks also to Mrs. Zirka Rudyk, former Ukrainian schoolteacher and friend, for reading the final draft and sharing her expertise on all matters Ukrainian.

Finally, I am indebted to Alison Dasho at Thomas & Mercer for championing Nadia Tesla’s cause.