Figure 1.--This is the Goldmann family (Kaare Liblik in the middle), deported from Tallinn when they arrived in Kirov Oblast, Kotelnitši railway station. Notice the bundles with their personal belongings. The ophotograph was taken in June 1941. The photograph suggests that the security conditions at their destination were relatively relaxed beccause they could use a camera that they had brought with them. The film was not developed until the photographer got back to Estonia. |
While we know of no photographic images of the deportations, there are some images of the deportees once they reached their destinations. This is because some deportees brought cameras. No one dared to use their camer during the collection and loading of the railway cards. There were armed guards and using a camera would have meant losing it and perhaps arrest. One at the destination , security conditions seem more relaxed. We note the deportees with their bundles (figure 1). The photograph suggests that the security conditions at their destination were relatively relaxed because they could use a camera that they had brought with them. The women here seem rather stylishly dressed for deportees. We assume that the family here lived in confortable conditions. The head of the household probably was a professional. Once at their destination, however, the deportees faced grueling mannual labor.
Kistler-Ritso Estonian Foundation. (We used an article in their web site, but I am nor sure who the author was or what the title of the article was.)
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