Anne-Marie Nakhla is the granddaughter of Neta Loewen, and great-niece of Hein, Peter, Gerhard, Tina, and Anni. She lives in Shelton, Washington with her husband, and two of her six children.  The daughter of both an award-winning historian (Gary Ferngren) and a former-WWII refugee (Agnes Loewen), family background for history to become a compelling passion.

 

She obtained her M.A. in Modern European History from Western Washington University. For her master's thesis, she collected oral histories of early Soviet Communism from her grandmother's community in Abbotsford, B.C.  In the hours spent transcribing those interviews and conducting background research, Anne-Marie realized that these accounts described some of the most significant events of the 20th century. That gave birth to one of her life's passion...researching the early years of communism in the Soviet Union. 

 

She is working on several books telling these stories, but in the meantime, this website gives others  access to the compelling stories of lives altered by the Soviet Regime, 1917-1991.