Remembered by people who were there · 1949
Lembit remembers the night at the Are parish house, 25 March 1949
Lembit, born in 1941, remembers 25 March 1949 in the former Are parish in Pärnumaa. On the evening of the deportation day the people listed for removal were brought to the Are parish house, where they had no chance even to relieve themselves. Lembit believes they were kept shut in and uncertain for so long to make them afraid of what was coming. The train took them to Cherepanovo station in Novosibirsk oblast, where local men stared at his father Kristjan, born in 1871, because they had never seen such an old man. Life on the kolkhoz was poor.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
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Lembit (sünd 1941) meenutab 25. märtsi 1949 sündmusi kunagises Pärnumaa Are vallas. Küüditamispäeva õhtul toodi väljasaatmisele määratud inimesed Are vallamajja, kus neil polnud võimalust isegi loomulikke vajadusi rahuldada. Lembit arvab, et inimesi hoiti kinnises ruumis teadmatuses nii kaua selleks, et nad hakkaksid oma tuleviku pärast kartma. Ešelon viis nad Novosibirski oblastisse Tšerepanovo jaama, kus kohalikud mehed imestasid tema 1871. aastal sündinud isa Kristjani üle, sest nii vana meest polnud nad varem näinud. Elu kolhoosis oli vilets.
Source: Eesti Mälu Instituut, Kogu Me Lugu (YouTube), video OS4WP5OFZwg ↗