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Remembered by people who were there · 1949

Heino remembers deportation day in Vändra parish, March 1949

When lists of so-called kulak households began to be drawn up in the autumn of 1947, the family of Heino, born in 1934, was put on one: Heino, his mother, two brothers and two sisters. In March 1949 the Soviet regime put those lists to a new use, deportation. Heino recalls in detail the weeks before 25 March, what happened on the day of the deportation in Vändra parish, and the long train journey of 28 days from Risti station to Novosibirsk oblast in Siberia.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Kui 1947. aasta sügisel hakati koostama kulaklike majapidamiste nimekirju, sattus neisse ka Heino (sünd 1934) pere: Heino, tema ema, kaks venda ja kaks õde. 1949. aasta märtsis võttis Nõukogude võim need nimekirjad uuel moel kasutusse, inimeste väljasaatmiseks. Heino meenutab üksikasjalikult 25. märtsile eelnenud aega, küüditamispäeva sündmusi Vändra vallas ja pikka, 28 päeva kestnud rongisõitu Risti jaamast Novosibirski oblastisse.

Map of the area around Heino remembers deportation day in Vändra parish, March 1949
58.65583° N, 25.03807° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Eesti Mälu Instituut, Kogu Me Lugu (YouTube), video tpnNFjy0RY0 ↗

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