Tag #153279 - Interview #94182 (Rachil Lemberg)

We obtained evacuation permits to go to Shap Kungurskiy, a distant village in the Ural mountains. We covered over 3000 km. Nobody ever heard the name of this village. We got on a train for cattle transportation to go on our way again. I cannot remember how long the trip took us, but it seemed very long to me. When we arrived we were accommodated in a local house. Its owner, whose husband and sons were at the front, was alone there.  She gave us a big room with a Russian stove. There was no place to sleep. Lev had a big carpet that he took from home. We put it on the floor and slept on it. When we began to unpack I saw that my father packed my mother’s winter coat and our only down blanket. He probably presumed that they wouldn’t need them any longer.