“In 1939 I was liberated for the first time, in 1941 – for the second one, in 1944 – for the third one and in 1991 – for the last one, but that time form everything”
Lêslav Nìtka was born on June 13, 1937 in Lviv. While the father was a warden of the building of a female high school named after Queen Yadvìga, he lived with the family in the same house on the Pototsky street (now Chuprynky str.). In 1939, after the first arrival of soviets, father was arrested as "the enemy of nation", and Lêslav with his mother were evicted. After the Germans came in 1941, on the base of school an Institute of Professor Vajgel was created, which dealt with the withdrawal of the vaccine from typhus. The father then got a job in this House and lived here with family again. Lêslav studied in the Polish school, and first class finished up even during the war. The family was evicted all the time, with the arrival of each new authority, or depending on the powers' cranks. He has got higher education. He worked as an editor of several magazines. He is married and has two children. He lives in Lviv.
