Ukrainian Jewish Heritage: Jewish Canadian journalist Rhea Clyman Part 1

Rhea Clyman is a journalist who reached international acclaim for her coverage of the Soviet Union, including the 1932-33 man-made Ukrainian famine known as the Holodomor, and the rise of Nazi Germany. During his research on the Holodomor, Jars Balan, a scholar of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta, stumbled onto Rhea Clyman’s reports.He was instantly intrigued by her story and began to research her life and work.He has since spoken about Rhea Clyman extensively, and is currently working her biography.In Part 1 he describes her childhood, her career and her courageous forays as a western journalist reporting behind the Iron Curtain. In part 2 we will learn of her next brush with danger reporting in Nazi Germany.Full transcript for Part 1 here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.