Meet the People of Lviv
Throughout Courage and Fear, author Ola Hnatiuk introduces the reader to a wide cast of characters whose daily triumphs and struggles shaped the emergent culture of wartime Lviv. Scroll down the page to meet these diverse people, and click to learn more through relevant excerpts from the book.
Eufrozyna LEWKOWSKA
Lewkowska, Eufrozyna (née Fedyk, 1913–91): nurse, grandmother of the author, honored as Righteous Among the Nations (473)
Jan LEWKOWSKI
Lewkowski, Jan (1880–1942): secretary at the Appellate Court in Lviv, grandfather of the author (473)
Iaroslava MUZYKA
Muzyka, Iaroslava (née Stefanovych, 1893–1973): wife of Maksym Muzyka; painter, student of Stanisław Batowski; art restorer; chairman of the Association of Independent Ukrainian Artists (ANUM); arrested in 1948, released from the Gulag in 1955 (477)
Halina SIWAK
Siwak, Halina (née Lewkowska, 1939–2007): lawyer, the author’s mother (488)
Fryderyka LILLE
Lille, Irena (Fryderyka Tennenbaum, assumed name Irena Szyszkowicz, 1903–89): hematologist; memoirist (473)