The Foundation “Sibīrijas bērni” will present new book “Mātes Sibīrijā”

The Foundation "Sibīrijas bērni" has published a new book "Mātes Sibīrijā" by Dzintra Geka - Vaska. The book contains interviews with mothers and their children deported on 14 June 1941, fragments of interviews from the memoirs of children deported on 14 June 1941. Also, as 25 March approaches, we present the book "Children of Siberia 1949".

In 1941, the children who were sent to Siberia asked to publish a book about mothers. The book "Mātes Sibīrijā" was written for the Latvian women who went from a prosperous life, from a happy home to the dirt, narrowness, hunger and cold of the Siberian settlements. In chiffon dresses, mothers went to the taiga to saw trees, and in their rundown clothes they returned to their huts in the evening. Mothers gave their children their meagre rations and starved to death.
The Foundation “Sibīrijas bērni” published the books “Sibīrijas bērni 1941” and “Sibīrijas bērni 1949”, which collect the life stories of people who were sent to Siberia as children on 14 June 1941 and 25 March 1949. The book includes maps and descriptions of the regions and each interview is accompanied by photographs from personal archives.

The exhibition will also include books "Shalom, Siberia!" about the memories of Jews who were deported from Latvia to Siberia in 1941 and 1949, and Ilmārs Knaģis’ book "Ne mēs tos laikus izdomājām" about Ilmārs Knaģis’ life story, deportation to Siberia and the political, economic and cultural situation in the country.

The Foundation "Sibīrijas bērni" was established with the aim of identifying victims of the communist terror - people who were taken to Siberia as children during the deportations in 1941 and 1949. The Foundation also aims to interview those who returned to Latvia and to find those who remained in exile in Russia. From the interviews and photographs, the Foundation produces films, publishes books, organises exhibitions, promotes patriotic education of youth by distributing films and books on deportations in schools, and informs compatriots living outside Latvia and their descendants about the crimes of the totalitarian regime, thus encouraging Latvian identity and awareness of Latvian belonging.

Contacts:
www.sibirijasberni.lv
E-mail: sibirijasberni@gmail.com
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Phone: 28647939, 29273016