They Called Him a Radical

Peter " Pete" Maloff was born in Saskatchewan in 1900. He spent the first years of his life in the Doukhobor community of Christianovka. He dedicated his life to pacifism and was jailed for his activism. During his time under house arrest, he wrote his memoirs of the first thirty years of his life. Upon his release from house arrest in 1943, he continued to write and to speak to audiences about peace and equality. In the 1940s, he authored his comprehensive book, Doukhobors: Their History, Life and Struggle. He lived alongside his family until his passing in 1971. Vera Maloff was born into a Doukhobor family in the Kootenay valley of British Columbia. After retiring from a career in teaching, Vera began to record family stories passed down from generations. Her essays have been published in the Doukhobor magazine Iskra, in the West Kootenay Journal and in The New Orphic Review. Her first book, Our Backs Warmed by the Sun, was published by Caitlin Press in 2020. Vera lives with her partner, Steve, in the community of Shoreacres on the Slocan River, BC.