Stateless (eBook, ePUB)
How I Helped Nineteen People Get Out of the North Korean Black Hole
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Stateless is a memoir, primarily about a 43 month period the author spent as a prisoner in North Korea during the Korean War. His story describes the harsh conditions their prisoner group was subjected to during their captivity, which many did not survive. He also tells of a secret deal he made for 19 stateless individuals, who had been refugees of the Russian Revolution and had no home country to request their return at the end of the war, to be released. He describes his childhood growing up in Seoul, having parents who fled the Soviet Union during the Russian Revolution, and his life after ...
Stateless is a memoir, primarily about a 43 month period the author spent as a prisoner in North Korea during the Korean War. His story describes the harsh conditions their prisoner group was subjected to during their captivity, which many did not survive. He also tells of a secret deal he made for 19 stateless individuals, who had been refugees of the Russian Revolution and had no home country to request their return at the end of the war, to be released. He describes his childhood growing up in Seoul, having parents who fled the Soviet Union during the Russian Revolution, and his life after Korea, including obtaining his Ph.D. from the University of Florida, traveling the world, reconnecting with family members, and pursuing his love of astronomy.
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