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Soviet Union Occupy Baltic States
In the year of 1939, the Soviet Union occupied the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. -
Soviets List "Anti-Soviets"
Shortly after being invaded, the people of Lituania were listed if they were considered "anti-Soviet" and would be sent to be murdered, put in prison, or put into slavery at Siberia labor camps. -
The Vilkas are Arrested
Lina and her family are arrested by Soviet soldiers. -
The First Deportations of the Soviet Union
The first deportations of the Baltic states were held on June 14, 1941. -
Lina goes to Find Papa
Lina leaves the train car, in search of her papa. Once she finds him, he gives her some clothes and food. Papa then tells Lina to be brave and that he loves her. -
Lina and her Family go to the Altai Labor Camp
The Vilkas are sent by train to the Altai Labor camp. They were sent to work right away. -
Lina is sent to the Kolkhoz Office
Some of the family's in the camp were sent to the Kolkhoz office late at night one night and the Soviets asked them to sign a document, agreeing they would be foreced to work for them for 25 years. Most of the people refused. -
Lina is Asked to Draw a Map
Lina is asked by one of the soilders to draw a map of Russia for the commander, and she agrees. -
Jonas Becomes Sick
Jonas becomes very ill with a sickness called scurvy, and he cannot work for two weeks. -
Andrius Tells a Secret
Andrius hears word of a list and how the NKVD are moving people to an unknown place. He finds that Lina and her family are on the list to leave. -
Lina is Deported, Again
Lina and her family travel throughout all of Russia on a train, and finally reach their destanation, in Trofimovsk, North Pole. -
Mother Dies
Everyone in the camp in Trofimovsk is dying of typhus, including mother. -
Jonas and Lina are Saved
Jonas and a little girl named Joana both become sick with scurvy (again) and almost die. Luckily, a Dr. Samodurov found the sick children and help them both back to health. -
Nazis Also Invade Lithuania
Germany's Nazi army also in vaded Lithuania in 1944, but were "kicked out" by the Soviet Union in 1945. -
Lituanians are Free
The Lituanians were to spend 10-15 years in then labor camps, if they survived. They were able to return to their homes in the mid-1950s.
