Kuzmienko, you are welcome. Glad that you received help on our forum;).
Sad, but at the same time rather typical story for the big 2nd wave of Russian emigre.
My grandmother kept these photos for years. But he never gave more information about his past. She was afraid of Stalin, even being here. Having spent in Labour Camp it was a sad person.
Oh, I totally understand you here! These feelings were very similar to the feelings of my distant Russian ancestors. They also stayed in the USSR and lived there in the twenties and thirties. All the thirties they lived in the centre of Moscow and during Stalin's great terror of 1937-1938 (several millions of killed) simply every night they experienced strange footsteps on the stairs, tapping at the someone's door and another kidnapping and disappearing forever. Every night! Even when they happily emigrated to Spain during WWII (Franco granted them a special pension and give them preferences as a victims of Stalin's terror) and lived in protected country (closed from the USSR), they didn't told us anything worthy about these times till the end. Inhuman type of fear;(.
That explains her Stalin's fear.
My grandmother was heartbroken. She created two daughters alone (my grandfather died early in Brazil) and came by ship to Brazil. Neither the ship was a good adventure.
For what she went through during WWII she received a compensation of EUR 1.800,00 by the German government. She received only half as the fund had no money for the rest.
The daily diet of this Labour Camp was whey and potatoes. Per day.
Well, thank you all for your explanations, I'm thrilled!
I have some pictures of old Ukraine/Russia. If anyone have interest I can post in the right section.
Well, thank you all for your explanations, I'm thrilled!
