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Ivanna Maszczak obituary
- Ivanna Maszczak, a Ukrainian-born librarian, died at 100 after a life marked by resilience and public service.
- She endured seven years in a sub-arctic gulag at Magadan, Kolyma, for supporting Ukrainian independence.
- After release in 1955, she moved to Britain in the mid-1960s and built a life in London’s Ukrainian community.
- Maszczak worked as a librarian in London and later pursued painting and memoir writing.
- Her life bridged Ukraine and the UK, underscored by a lifelong commitment to Ukrainian culture.
- She remained connected to Ukraine through the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain and Ukrainian worship in Mayfair.
- Maszczak published memoirs reflecting on her life and experiences, including Roads from the Past and Love and Pain.
- Her husband, Wolodomyr Maszczak, died in 2012, leaving Maszczak with two nieces as survivors.
- The obituary portrays Maszczak as dignified, warm, and humorous, with a resilient spirit.
- Maszczak's early life included education during German occupation and forced resettlement under Soviet rule.
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