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I was deported on the 8.
September 1942 from Drushkowka to Germany. We travelled so
long, about two weeks. In Germany I worked as a hard labourer
from 1942 until May 1945.
I worked in Rangsdorf on the Bücker Company. All know how bad
it was for us there. We had to line up in a crew and were
watched. I forgot, how the machine was called, which I
operated. There were small moulds, which I had to paint. On
the second day, they were stuck together with black glue and
brought under a press. On the third day they were collected. I
associated less with German while the work. In the factory
also worked French prisoners of war. They treated us well.
While lining up we had to report in time. The target had to be
fulfilled. I tried hard. I was a calm and harsh girl.
Even in the camp there was severe discipline. We were watched
of the factory safeguards, which had hounds. But nobody had
done anything to me.
I lived in a hut. There were about 30 girls in the room. The
beds were two-storeyed, I slept above. The food was bad, very
bad. I remember, at one time I got bread for the next week in
the evening. I ate a slice and decided to keep the leftovers.
But I couldn’t help eating, because of my hunger. I went to
bed, but not before I consumed the whole bread. The next week
I had to manage without bread.
I remember the arrest of a worker from the East: I am
religious. There was a man, whose name was Jefimow, he was
religious, too, namely Baptist. He was in touch with a German,
who sometimes gave him sandwiches. Someone noticed that and
informed on him. Jefimow was arrested and had to pass 4 month
at the Gestapo. Then one brought him back and threw him down
near the camp gate. He was just skin and bones. The boys
brought him in the camp, and the women gave each a slice of
bread and a few potatoes, until he recovered. Later his
relatives came and took Jefimow away.
In my leisure time I was less in touch with the German. On
Sunday we went to Berlin to the Baptist meeting of Russian
emigrants. They treated us well.
In summer we walked even to the lake of Rangsdorf, to go
swimming. Timosch (Timofej Mikitenko, 19 years old) was one of
us. He swam in the lake and drowned. The burial. I remember,
as if it happened only now. All the girls came to the burial,
the whole camp. He was buried in a refuse dump near the
cemetery. And
Boris Samojlowitsch (Boris Kostinski) appeared with a
speech. So. We all cried. He died so young. And where he was
buried? In a refuse dump.
After the liberation 1945 everybody cut one's own path. A
military thing putted us up. We were frightened certainly,
because one was mocking at some girls. But we were treated not
too bad. It was o.k. I came to a farm, there were many cows. I
milked them, then I worked at a butter factory, there I was
eight month. For release I got a good certification and
travelled home. We went by train, the wagons were bad.
At home we were ridiculed and called as traitors. Many girls
were frightened to admit, that they was in Germany. When I
handed over my certification from the military thing, I got a
passport and a job. |
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