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In March 1938 father was arrested because of a wild accusation: it
seemed like he participated in selling off army horses. Mother addressed
various offices, including the Department of Domestic Affairs, the higher
Soviet and traveled to Mogilev, Smolensk, and Moscow. But all her efforts
were in vain - the verdict was: "10 years without the right of
correspondence." It was 20 years later that people of my generation learned
what was hidden behind the words of this saying. After many of Mother's
attempts at appeals, one official in anger warned Mother: that if she keeps
at it she will be in the same place her husband is. To that mother
answered in an outburst: "It is still not known if you yourself will be
sitting in your soft chair for so long." After that conversation mother
waited every night for them to arrest her, but thank God this did not
happen. The achievement and bravery of my mother in conversations with
investigators never failed her in her whole life.
We later learned that father was executed in 1938. The Military
Tribunal of the Belorussian Military District rehabilitated him in 1957
"for the absence of the alleged crime." I do not know where he's buried.
The answers to the many questions of my mother have been either evasive or
unintelligible.
seemed like he participated in selling off army horses. Mother addressed
various offices, including the Department of Domestic Affairs, the higher
Soviet and traveled to Mogilev, Smolensk, and Moscow. But all her efforts
were in vain - the verdict was: "10 years without the right of
correspondence." It was 20 years later that people of my generation learned
what was hidden behind the words of this saying. After many of Mother's
attempts at appeals, one official in anger warned Mother: that if she keeps
at it she will be in the same place her husband is. To that mother
answered in an outburst: "It is still not known if you yourself will be
sitting in your soft chair for so long." After that conversation mother
waited every night for them to arrest her, but thank God this did not
happen. The achievement and bravery of my mother in conversations with
investigators never failed her in her whole life.
We later learned that father was executed in 1938. The Military
Tribunal of the Belorussian Military District rehabilitated him in 1957
"for the absence of the alleged crime." I do not know where he's buried.
The answers to the many questions of my mother have been either evasive or
unintelligible.
Period
Year
1938
Location
Russia
Interview
emma nikonova