Paulina Zelitsky's guest appearances

Paulina Zelitsky

Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio

Bill Browder

Victor Malarek

Alan Bernstein

Dave Bloom

Leslie Pierce

Vladimir Jabotinsky

Rhea Clyman

Nash Holos

Adrian Zwicker

Robert Herchak

Devon Goldie

Nash Holos Nanaimo

Gene Berezovski

Julia Korsunsky

Jack Glotzer

OwlTail

After a career working as a civil engineer in Paulina Zeltisky retired and wrote her memoirs. Recently she kindly agreed to an interview on Nash Holos to discuss her book and share some details of her amazing life, including a daring and dangerous defection, running across the tarmac with two small children in tow, at Gander Airport in Newfoundland, Canada in 1971.   In Part 1, Paulina described the dangers and indignities she endured as a Jewish girl growing up in the Soviet Union, then later working on a Soviet naval base in Cuba and accidentally becoming privy to top secret plans of the little-known Second Cuban Missile Crisis. She shares what led her to defect to Canada, where she knew not a soul and could not speak a word of English or French.In Part 2 of this interview, she describes her harrowing experiences surrounding her defection and adaptation to a new life in a strange country, surrounded by strangers. She also shares alarming news, not reported in the western media (although covered in Russian  media and why recent developments in Cuba have convinced her that we are now facing a third Cuban Missile Crisis. Support the show on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a career working as a civil engineer in Paulina Zeltisky retired and wrote her memoirs. Recently she kindly agreed to an interview on Nash Holos to discuss her book and share some details of her amazing life, including a daring and dangerous defection, running across the tarmac with two small children in tow, at Gander Airport in Newfoundland, Canada in 1971. In Part 1, Paulina described the dangers and indignities she endured as a Jewish girl growing up in the Soviet Union, then later working on a Soviet naval base in Cuba and accidentally becoming privy to top secret plans of the little-known Second Cuban Missile Crisis. She shares what led her to defect to Canada, where she knew not a soul and could not speak a word of English or French.In Part 2 of this interview, she describes her harrowing experiences surrounding her defection and adaptation to a new life in a strange country, surrounded by strangers. She also shares alarming news, not reported in the western media (although covered in Russian media and why recent developments in Cuba have convinced her that we are now facing a third Cuban Missile Crisis. <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/804445" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show on Patreon</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Interview—Paulina Zelitsky Part 2

A Jewish woman from Odessa worked on a nuclear submarine station in Cuba during the height of The Cold War, shortly before a daring defection from the Soviet Union to Canada. Her name is Paulina Zelitsky, and her two-volume true life memoir reads like a John le Carré spy thriller.In Part 1 of this two-part interview, Paulina describes the dangers she faced and the indignities she endured as a Jewish girl growing up in the Soviet Union, then later working on a Soviet naval base in Cuba and accidentally becoming privy to the political intrigues of the little-known Second Cuban Missile Crisis.In Part 2 Paulina will tell us about her harrowing defection, the circumstances that led to it, and why she believes that we are now facing a third, and much more dangerous, Cuban Missile Crisis.  Support the show on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Jewish woman from Odessa worked on a nuclear submarine station in Cuba during the height of The Cold War, shortly before a daring defection from the Soviet Union to Canada. Her name is Paulina Zelitsky, and her two-volume true life memoir reads like a John le Carré spy thriller.In Part 1 of this two-part interview, Paulina describes the dangers she faced and the indignities she endured as a Jewish girl growing up in the Soviet Union, then later working on a Soviet naval base in Cuba and accidentally becoming privy to the political intrigues of the little-known Second Cuban Missile Crisis.In Part 2 Paulina will tell us about her harrowing defection, the circumstances that led to it, and why she believes that we are now facing a third, and much more dangerous, Cuban Missile Crisis.  <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/804445" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show on Patreon</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Interview Paulina Zelitsky Part 1

The Sea is Only Knee Deep is the true story of Paulina Zelitsky’s defection to Canada from the Soviet Union with her two young children in 1971.These two volumes explore many topics including: Stalin’s final years, Fidel Castro’s Cuba, and the dangers defecting. Paulina’s story begins in Cuba in 1968. She is part of the engineering team designing a top secret submarine base for Soviet nuclear submarines.Zelitsky’s story does not shy away from the complex political realities of life in the Soviet Union. Beginning with her birth in 1945 in postwar Odessa, Zelitsky’s Jewish family is subjected to constant scrutiny by the KGB. Despite the death of her mother from Stalin’s imposed famine of 1946-1947, Paulina is an optimistic child who loves difficult tasks. Jokingly, adults tell her, “To you any sea is only knee deep.” This Odessan motto, which is the title of the book, becomes a powerful tool in her life. Paulina manages to keep a low profile and stay out of politics. Until she can't. She found herself in Cuba in an untenable situation and defected from the Soviet Union to Canada with her two young children.These self-published books by Paulina Zelitsky and her husband Paul Weinzweig provide an interesting look at rarely discussed historical aspects of the Soviet Union, Cuba and Canada. Readers will experience the terror that Paulina experienced in her defection process. They will also admire her strength of character. Today, Paulina and her second husband continue to engage in engineering projects from their Canadian home. Readers of the two volumes of The Sea is Only Knee Deep will be fascinated by Paulina’s insights into the Ukrainian famine, anti-Semitism, Odessan family life, education, and culture, as well as political oppression in the Soviet Union and Cuba. For full transcript click here:  Support the show on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Sea is Only Knee Deep is the true story of Paulina Zelitsky’s defection to Canada from the Soviet Union with her two young children in 1971.These two volumes explore many topics including: Stalin’s final years, Fidel Castro’s Cuba, and the dangers defecting. Paulina’s story begins in Cuba in 1968. She is part of the engineering team designing a top secret submarine base for Soviet nuclear submarines.Zelitsky’s story does not shy away from the complex political realities of life in the Soviet Union. Beginning with her birth in 1945 in postwar Odessa, Zelitsky’s Jewish family is subjected to constant scrutiny by the KGB. Despite the death of her mother from Stalin’s imposed famine of 1946-1947, Paulina is an optimistic child who loves difficult tasks. Jokingly, adults tell her, “To you any sea is only knee deep.” This Odessan motto, which is the title of the book, becomes a powerful tool in her life. Paulina manages to keep a low profile and stay out of politics. Until she can't. She found herself in Cuba in an untenable situation and defected from the Soviet Union to Canada with her two young children.These self-published books by Paulina Zelitsky and her husband Paul Weinzweig provide an interesting look at rarely discussed historical aspects of the Soviet Union, Cuba and Canada. Readers will experience the terror that Paulina experienced in her defection process. They will also admire her strength of character. Today, Paulina and her second husband continue to engage in engineering projects from their Canadian home. Readers of the two volumes of The Sea is Only Knee Deep will be fascinated by Paulina’s insights into the Ukrainian famine, anti-Semitism, Odessan family life, education, and culture, as well as political oppression in the Soviet Union and Cuba. For full transcript click <a href="https://wp.me/p45lJC-NC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>: <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/804445" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show on Patreon</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.