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We were told that we were moving to Ulan-Ude, farther than the Lake Baikal, 4500 km from home. Our trip lasted two or three months. There were air raids and people scattered around to hide, but mother said ‘I am not going out, I am staying here’. I stayed with her. We didn’t have money or food, nothing, but the watch that my father gave me. We had to sell it to get some food. There were free meals given at some stations, but how was one supposed to survive in between?
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Anna Gliena