Nobody ever left Yampol. Citizens of the small town in Southwest Ukraine were born, lived, and died within its limits. They didn't worry about exploration or education. They only left Yampol when the Nazis came.
In a cart pulled by two horses, young Isyaslav Darakhovskiy and his Jewish family fled the invading Germans, leaving behind the only corner of the world they had ever known. They were soon imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp. Even after...