Born in 1923 in the district of Unterwalden, ASSR of the Volga-Germans. Deported to the Krasnoyarsk Territory in 1941. In 1942 she lived as a special settlerin the Ust-Yeniseysk District, National Taymyr Region. She worked as a fisherwoman, worker for the canning factory and nurse for the boarding school.
We began to be ill-fated in 1938 when they arrested my father. Until today we have been unable to find out what happened to him afterwards. There were eight children within the family.
During the trip, on our way to Siberia, one of the waggons was disconnected from the train by error and was coupled to another train, which then headed for Kaszakhstan. My elder sisters happend to be in this waggon. Many years later, after we had finally found eachother again, I learned that the husband of one of my two sisters was killed in the labour army.
I was the only member of our family, which got to the Taymyr Region. Two sisters happened to get to the Turukhansk District, while Mum and the younger children stayed in Siberia.
In 1942 a party of special settlers was abandoned at Laida fishing point in the Ust-Yeniseysk District. In this place we now had to learn how to catch fish. At home, on the river Volga I had worked as a milkmaid; therefore it was very hard for me to getzing used to my new task..
The entire brigade – 14 people in all – lived in a small room; we slept on two-storeyed plank beds. In Laida I met my future husband – August Yakovlevitch. After the war we removed to the settlement of Ust-Port and found ourselves a job for the local canning factory. Hence, we have been living in this settlement until today. We brought up three children, there are six grandchildren.
We had gladly returned to the Volga, but these past 50 years cannot just be deleted from someone’s life.
Recorded in Ust-Port in 1991