Remembered by people who were there · 1949
Heino Tuum remembers the deportation of March 1949 in Kihelkonna
Heino Tuum, born in 1938, tells about the deportation of March 1949 in Kihelkonna parish on Saaremaa. His father had already died in 1947 in a Gulag prison camp in Kemerovo oblast, and two years later the Soviet authorities decided to send the rest of the family to Siberia too. His mother and three children were exiled 'for ever' to Novosibirsk oblast; only his elder sister escaped, because she was visiting relatives on 25 March. Life in exile was very hard, and nobody believed they would ever have the chance to return home.
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Heino Tuum (sünd 1938) jutustab 1949. aasta märtsiküüditamisest Saaremaal Kihelkonna vallas. Tema isa oli surnud juba 1947. aastal Kemerovo oblastis Gulagi vangilaagris ning kaks aastat hiljem otsustas Nõukogude võim saata Siberisse ka ülejäänud pere. Ema koos kolme lapsega saadeti igaveseks ajaks Novosibirski oblastisse, pääses ainult Heino vanem õde, kes oli 25. märtsil sugulastel külas. Elu eriasumisel oli väga raske ja keegi ei uskunud, et kunagi avaneb võimalus kodumaale tagasi pöörduda.
Source: Eesti Mälu Instituut, Kogu Me Lugu (YouTube), video wo3Hhqs3hIU ↗