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One life, two wars (People 2023, by Lea Ernst) - Swiss Press Award

Lidia Savchuk in ihrer neuen Heimat – jeden Tag schiebt ihre Tochter Olena den Rollstuhl ihrer Mutter an den Vierwaldstättersee.
Lea Ernst
Lidia Savchuk in ihrer neuen Heimat – jeden Tag schiebt ihre Tochter Olena den Rollstuhl ihrer Mutter an den Vierwaldstättersee.
Photo / People
2023

One life, two wars

Lea Ernst

Lidia Savchuk (97) saved Ukrainian Jews from death during World War II. Now she herself had to flee – and found refuge in Lucerne. Her story is full of dark times, human abysses, death, and escape from it. But it is also a story of coincidences and hope, full of care and love. One of those stories that life rarely tells.

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One life, two wars

SonntagsBlick Magazin

Photo / People
2023

Lea Ernst

Lidia Savchuk (97) saved Ukrainian Jews from death during World War II. Now she herself had to flee – and found refuge in Lucerne. Her story is full of dark times, human abysses, death, and escape from it. But it is also a story of coincidences and hope, full of care and love. One of those stories that life rarely tells.

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Lea Ernst / Swiss Press Award

Lea Ernst

Praktikantin Journalistin, Zürich, 1992

Bis Corona dokumentierte Lea Ernst die Projekte einer NGO in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Ab August 2020 machte sie dann kurzfristig ihr erstes Praktikum im Journalismus beim Magazin des Sonntagsblicks. Im Studium an der ZHAW (Journalismus & Kommunikation, Abschluss 2019) hatte sie zudem die Freude an der Fotografie entdeckt, mit der sie das Erlebte und Geschriebene seither ergänzt.

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