英語「Endless Steppe:Growing Up in Siberia/果てしないステップ:シベリアに育って」Esther Hautzig著 Harper Trophy版 1987年版初版(1968年初出版) 243頁 19.4×13.1×2.1㎝ 0.26㎏ Hardcover
【ウィキペディア】The Endless Steppe (1968) is a book by Esther Hautzig, describing her and her family's exile to Siberia during World War II.
【Summary】Endless Steppe is about Esther Hautzig’s childhood. When she was 10 years old she was taken from her fancy big house in Poland by the Russians. She and her family were sent on a long train ride to Siberia. Esther and her family were forced to work in horrible conditions. After a while her family got a hut in the nearby town. Money is tight for a long time for Esther. After the war was done every one that was taken was free to go. So even though Esther liked her new life her and her family met up with her dad back in Poland who had left to fight in the war.
【裏表紙より】It is June 1941. The Rudomin family has been arrested by the Russians. They are "capitalists' enemies of the people." Forced from their home and friends in Vilna, Poland, they are herded into crowded cattle cars. Their destination: the endless steppe of Siberia. For five years, Esther and her family live in exile, weeding potato fields and working in the mines, struggling for enough food and clothing to stay alive. Only the strength of family sustains them and gives them hope for the future.