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Ubaba Wami Iqhawe: Indaba ka-Yan Neznansky

Ukuhlonipha ukusinda kukayise eMpini Yezwe II kanye nokukhumbula amalungu omndeni wakhe abhubha ekuQothulweni Kwesizwe. , UVictoria Neznansky wethu ubhale ucezu oluzovezwa kugalari yeTabernakele lesiHebheru “Ukuhlangabezana Nesikhathi Sempi Nasemuva: Izithombe Zabasindile EkuQothulweni Kwesizwe Okunomoya”. Igalari izovulwa ngoLwesihlanu mhlaka 8 Novemba.

Yan Neznanskiy

Ubaba wami, Yan Neznanskiy (ibhalwe nge “‘ngi”n imibhalo yakhe esemthethweni) , wazalwa ngoJanuwari 19,1925, edolobheni laseKharkov, I-Ukraine. Akakaze amazi uyise, Khona Neznanskiy, owafa ngaphambi kokuzalwa kwakhe, ngoJuni ka 1924. UKhona wabulawa ekulweni nenhlangano yobugebengu obuhleliwe eyakhula kulandela izinxushunxushu nodlame lwe-Russian Revolution. 1917. UMaria, unina, wasala yedwa ekhulisa amadodana akhe amabili asemancane, U-Yan noDavid, kulesi sikhathi esinzima. Akazange aphinde ashade futhi wanika amadodana akhe uthando nokunakekela kwakhe okungapheli.

Lapho kugqashuka iMpi Yezwe II, emzamweni wokubalekela amaNazi phakathi nokuQothulwa Kwesizwe, Umfowabo kaMaria omdala, Isaka, wathatha umkakhe nezingane ezine wagijima wayocasha ehlathini. Batholakala babulawa…Umfowabo kaMaria wesibili, USolomoni, nomkakhe nezingane ezinhlanu, wacasha; batholakala futhi babulawa…Umzala kababa kuphela, UMasha, wasinda ngokuyisimangaliso emaxhaphozini aseBelorussia.

Ubhuti kababa omdala, UDavide, umfundi wasenyuvesi othembisayo nonekhono wakhetha inkundla yempi esikhundleni sokuphishekela umsebenzi wezemfundo okhaliphile. Walimala ezinyangeni zokuqala zempi esabekayo kodwa walulama futhi wabuyela empini.

Naphezu kokubhekana nezinto ezesabekayo zansuku zonke, Izincwadi zikaDavide kunina zazigcwele ithemba nothando, ngokunxusa okuphindaphindiwe kumfowabo uYan: “Sicela uvikele uMamochka wethu (“othandekayo” umama)”, kuze kube nguFebhuwari 23, 1943, incwadi yayinonxantathu inesimemezelo esifushane ngepensela esithi “Indodana yakho iwe empini njengeqhawe.” Ubaba wami uYan, belandela isivumelwano esingcwele phakathi kwakhe noDavide sokulinda unina, wakhetha ukuvikela unina ezindabeni ezibuhlungu: wasula ngokushesha umbhalo, wagcina ukufa komfowabo kuye futhi wabhalisa ebuthweni elihlomile njengomfana engakafiki 18 ubudala. IWashington Heights ibone izinguquko ezingenakubalwa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, wathola ukuthi umama wakhe, esikhundleni salokho, wayethole isimemezelo sokufa esisemthethweni futhi wakhetha ukuvikela indodana yakhe okuwukuphela kwayo ekulazini iqiniso. Baba lusizi ngokulahlekelwa kwabo kanyekanye, futhi akukho nolulodwa usuku lapho igama likaDavide lingakhunjulwa khona. Udadewethu, Diana, laqanjwa enkumbulweni yakhe.

Impi yenza ubaba iQhawe. Uthole indondo yokuhlonishwa ngokwenza umsebenzi obulalayo wokukhuculula izimayini ngaphandle kwemishini. Kwalandela izindondo nemiklomelo eyengeziwe. Ngamunye wemihlobiso yakhe uxoxa indaba yokuzidela, ubuqhawe nokuzidela. Unyaka ngamunye, ngobusuku bangaphambi koSuku Lokunqoba ngoMeyi 9, uwanamathisela esudini yakhe enhle kakhulu futhi awagqoki nje ukuze abonise ukuziqhenya kwakhe kodwa akhumbule nalabo abangazange baphile ukuze bazigqoke. Igama lami, UVictoria, iyi-echo yoSuku Lokunqoba, kukho konke ukujabula nosizi.

Njengabanye omakadebona abaningi baseRussia, akazange ahlanganyele nanoma yimiphi imininingwane yezimpi noma ukufa akubona nomndeni wakhe. Kunalokho, wabhala izincwadi zothando nezinikeza ithemba kunina.

” Ngifudumele endlini ebandayo ngenxa yothando lwakho olungacishi”, ucaphuna umbhali wengoma odumile we 1941, A. Surkov.

“Mamochka, ngawo-1990 bathola ukuthi i-Y ibuya ukuzokwandisa izinhlelo ezazigxile kakhulu enhlanganweni, uthando lwakho lunamandla kangangokuthi akukho nhlamvu noma igobolondo elake langithinta noma eliyoke lingithinte“. ( Mashi 18, 1945)

Ngeke sazi ukuthi wazizwa kanjani lapho abangane bakhe belahlekelwa ukuphila kwabo, izitho zabo, izingqondo zabo. Ukuhlukumezeka okwabangelwa iMpi Yezwe II akukaxoxwa ngakho njengoba izizukulwane ezintsha ziqhubeka zifuna izimpendulo.

Ngeke sazi ukuthi kwakunzima kangakanani kuye nomakadebona ayekanye nabo ukufunda iqiniso ngoStalin, mayelana nepolitiki embi yangaphambili- kanye nezikhathi zangemva kwempi, noma mayelana nezindleko zangempela zokushisekela izwe lakhe okuyisibonelo.  Yeka indlela okwakumehlisela isithunzi ngayo ukubhekana nokuphikiswa kwamaJuda, ukuhlukunyezwa kanye nokukhashelwa kombuso wobushiqela ayeziqhenya ngokuzihlanganisa nawo. Yeka ukuthi kwakungabekezeleleki kanjani ngaye ukushiya ngemuva kwethuna likanina kanye nezindawo ezingaziwa zokuphumula zokugcina zomfowabo nezihlobo. Ukudlula inqubo yokuthuthela kwelinye izwe, ukujwayela izwe elisha, ulimi olusha, isiko elisha,  konke ngenkathi eqhubeka nokusekela umndeni wakhe ngendlela emangalisayo. Umuntu angasibona kalula isikhulu saseRussia, owasinda empini, ukulahlekelwa okuningi, ukululazeka nodumo, konke okuhlinzekwa ngokukhululekile yiSoviet state, njengomuntu onzima, negative, noma ukudabukisa nokukude nje. Into aziwa ngayo esikhundleni somusa wakhe, ubuhle, ukuphana, ukunakekela nothando.

Ubaba usebhekane nokufa izikhathi ezintathu empilweni yakhe: kanye, enkundleni yempi, lapho kuqhuma imayini; wasinda, kuyilapho amasosha ayekanye naye ebulawa khona lapho. IWashington Heights ibone izinguquko ezingenakubalwa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ngezikhathi zabantu, waphuthelwa indiza yakhe ukuze ahambe uhambo lwebhizinisi. Leyo ndiza yaphahlazeka, nobaba wasinda. Okokugcina, eNew York, washayiswa imoto ngesikhathi ewela umgwaqo; waphuka umlenze, ingalo, kanye nezimbambo, kodwa wasinda futhi walulama emoyeni nangempilo. Mhlawumbe yingakho isisho sakhe asithandayo sithi “Kuzoba kuhle”.

Abazali bami bebendawonye 59 sidale uhlelo lwetiyetha yomculo oluyingqayizivele lwentsha, futhi njengoba siseduze kwakhe 89th usuku lokuzalwa, ubaba ufanelwe ukuqashelwa okuphezulu kakhulu ngokuba ngumnakekeli othembeke kunabo bonke nomama wethu othandekayo; ngokuba ubaba opha futhi onothando kakhulu kadadewethu kanye nami, nokuba yisibonelo kubazukulu bakhe abane nomzukulu oyedwa.

UyiQhawe Lethu.

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Isungulwe ku 1917, eya YM&YWHA waseWashington Heights & Inwood (IWashington Heights ibone izinguquko ezingenakubalwa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi) iyisikhungo somphakathi wamaJuda eNorthern Manhattan - esisebenzela indawo yokhetho ehlukahlukene ngokwenhlalo nezomnotho - ukwenza ngcono izinga lempilo yabantu bayo yonke iminyaka ngokusebenzisa izinsiza zomphakathi ezibalulekile kanye nezinhlelo ezintsha kwezempilo., ukuphila kahle, imfundo, kanye nobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle, ngenkathi kugqugquzelwa ukuhlukahluka kanye nokufakwa, nokunakekela abaswele.

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