Posts tagged as Soviet deportation

On May 22, 1948, Soviet authorities began Operation ‘Vesna’. Over the course of two days, some 40,000 people from Lithuania were deported to Siberia; around a quarter of them were children. Those who survived and are alive today, recall hunger and humiliations. This story was published on May 23, 2019.   “Mum had a piece of smoked pork that she took it with her. Worms appeared during the trip [but…