Born in 1953.
Father: Friedrich Ivanovich Maier (born in 1924)
Mother: Aleksandra Konstantinovna Maier (born in 1933)
Sisters: Yelena (born in 1961), Lidia (born in 1956)
Before the deportation his father lived in the Odessa Region, in the village of Volkovo, Kamdenersk (?) District. They had their own farmstead, were keeping cows and pigs. Deported in 1941. At first, Friedrich Ivanovich lived in someone’s apartment in the hamlet of Ozernaya. In 1951 the were transferred to Ust-Kem. Three families each were to live in one barrack. They were permitted to send and receive parcels.
Friedrich Ivanovich died in 1989.
Interviewed by Kristina Polysalova, Tatyana Korotkikh and veronika Gimranova.
(AB – comments by Aleksei Babiy, Krasnoyarsk “Memorial”)
Forth expedition of history and human rights, Ust-Kem 2007