Havryshko, M. (2018). Dolaiuchy tyshu: zhinochi istorii viiny [Breaking the silence: Women’s stories of war]. Klub Simeinoho Dozvillia.
Annotation: During the Second World War, many women joined the ranks of the nationalist underground and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army as liaisons, scouts, nurses, and fighters. Shoulder to shoulder with men, they passed through the crucible of bloody events, refuting every stereotype of the “weaker sex.” Yet their voices long went unheard, and their experience remained invisible.
This book is a collection of stories-confessions by women who did not simply witness the war or take an active part in its events, but lived through it. They were not only eyewitnesses and victims, but also perpetrators of violence. The full truth about the horrors of war, without embellishment or mythologization. Candid accounts of what it meant to be a woman during the war. Unique reminiscences of peasants and townswomen, women of varied education and social standing, women who held leadership positions in the OUN and rank-and-file members of the underground. Vivid emotions in stories that for years remained unheard. The genuine lives of young women whom the war once changed forever…