Near Angels' Wings: The Journey of my Life from Birth in the Ukraine to Freedom in America

This is Paul Bettig's personal story of his life's journey from birth and youth in the Ukraine under oppressive Russian and Polish rule, to the extrication of his entire family from Ukraine by the German Nazi Regime, to the insecure life in many displaced-persons camps in Germany proper and Germany's newly acquired Polish territory, to a purchased farm in Silesia, to survival in the Hitler Youth, to German military service as a sixteen year-old on the Russian front, to survival under Russian occupation, to finding his family again and escaping to West Germany, to being permanently separated from his family, and then to freedom in America. In each of these segments of his life Paul was faced with death many times, and each time his life was spared in remarkable instances. Paul's life is a true example of how the unseen guardian angels of our lives protect us from harm and death. This story is also a testament to Paul's Christian faith that carried him through his entire life. Paul's life story is told in his own personal conversational language that sometimes bridges Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, and German.