Network Monthly Luncheon - April, 15 2026

Tatyana's War, Escape and Survival from the Eastern Front in WW II — Helen Charov, Author

•      Be sure to join Us Wednesday, April 15 at 11:30 am for our monthly luncheon at Langley's Restaurant at Great Neck Country Club, $25 for member pre-registrations, $30 for non-member pre-registrations, and $35 for late registrations and walk-ins includes gratuity and tax. Please note price change. Pre-registration is encouraged.     
       Learn about the survival and persistence of a woman/mother during World War II.
       When Nazi troops invaded her Donetsk, Ukraine home in 1941, Helen's mother, Tatyana Artemyeff, a 25-year-old teacher, was left on her own to save her two children and mother when her conscripted husband's unit retreated from the city. Luckily, Tatyana spoke German and was determined to find a way to survive the brutal occupation and keep her family from dying of starvation or execution. Decades later, Helen found her mother's diaries in a Connecticut attic, and discovered a unique account of Tatyana's life as a teacher in the Stalinist Soviet Union, the 1941 Nazi invasion of Donetsk, her survival under Nazi occupation, and her harrowing escape to the West. This book switches seamlessly between Tatyana's account of life and death and Helen's story (Tatyana's American-born daughter).
       Many readers of Helen's book, Tatyana's War, have commented that they learned a lot about an unknown aspect of World War II (the Eastern Front) and how the book inspired them with the story of a courageous woman during war. She will also speak about how to approach getting your first book finished, handled by an agent, and published.
       Born in Brooklyn, New York, of émigré parents who came to the U.S. as displaced persons after World War II, Helen Charov grew up in Sea Cliff, a village on Long Island's north shore. After graduating from New York University, she traveled extensively throughout the USSR with a U.S. government exhibit. Ending her career of entrepreneurship and nonprofit management, she retired to write her first book. She lives in Moodus, Connecticut.

•     *Registration closes at 9am on the Monday before the luncheon.
      * Remember to bring cash for the 50/50. Your fun ticket purchase at lunch on Wednesday, funds our Network operations, community and charitable engagement activities, and our scholarships! $1 each ticket, no limit.
       * Member Benefit: Members (only) may place their business info on the Members Info Table.

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