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Lina and her family were taken.
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Lina and passengers on train.
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Passengers were being sold in groups.
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Went to bathhouse and got washed.
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Arrived at the shantytown.
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Proposed the agreement.
[date estimated]
Points:
1. Agree to be part of collective farm.
2. Pay 200 rubles per person.
3. Everyone is a criminal, and is sentenced to 25 years hard labor. -
Threatened to sign document.
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Lina is asked to draw the commander.
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Andrius' birthday.
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Jonas is sick.
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Jonas recovers.
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Christmas Eve.
[date estimated]
They all sat around a table with pictures of their families. -
Jonas gives the lucky rock to Andrius.
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Period: to
Lina and Jonas held in captivitiy in Siberia.
[dates estimated] -
Period: to
On barges.
[dates estimated] -
Lina's birthday.
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NKVD burst in.
[date estimated]
They told the Vilkas that they had 10 minutes to get ready to leave. -
Stopped in Makarov to sleep.
[date estimated] -
Boats delayed.
[date estimated] -
Just arrived at Trofimovsk.
[date estimated] -
Split into 25 groups.
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First snowstorm.
[date estimated]
Lasted 2 days. -
Lina's mother hears Kostas (husband) is dead.
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Dysentery, typhus, and scurvy crept into camp.
[date estimated] -
Weather continued, relentless.
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Mother dies.
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Buried Lina's mother.
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Lina painted a map of where her mother was buried.
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Lina went to get wood.
[date estimated]
Met Kretzsky. He let her take the wood and apologizes. Lina feels sorry for him. -
Jonas has scurvy.
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Doctor shows up at the camp.
[date estimated]
He heals Jonas and various others. He tells Lina that her father might be alive. -
Sun rises after months of darkness.
[date estimated]
"I left the jurta to chop wood. I began my walk through the snow, five kilometers to the tree line. That's when I saw it. A tiny sliver of gold appeared between shades of gray on the horizon. I stared at the amber band of sunlight, smiling. The sun had returned." -
Lina buried a jar of notes in her mother's grave after moving it.
She wrote a note to any who found the grave, telling them to spread the word about what happened to her. It was later discovered on April 25, 1995 in Kaunas, Lithuania.