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Life-Story of Zelma Redzoba (Kalv‚ne)
Zelma Redzobaís (Kalv‚ne) life-story, interview undertaken by IrÁna
Saleniece in ìLÓdumniekiî, Saliena parish of Daugavpils region, 1 July, 2004.
The record of the interview (3 tapes, 187 minutes along with interview of
M. M. LazdiÚa, in Latvian) is kept in the archives of the Oral History Centre
at Daugavpils University, catalogue No. 195, abbreviated ñ DU MV: 195.
Zelma Kalv‚ne was born in 1927 in ìPaozoliî, Saliena parish of Il˚kste
region. She was the only child in the family of Matilde and Kriapplej‚nis Kalv‚ns.
After her motherís death in 1936, she stayed with her father who later
remarried. In 1944, she left Saliena Primary school and worked in her fatherís
household. In the same year, Kriapplej‚nis Kalv‚ns was arrested for having
joined the ëaizsargsí organization and his actions in it. The Military Tribunal
of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LSSR sentenced him to 10 years
imprisonment with loss of rights for 5 years. On 25 March, 1949, Zelma
and her stepmother Marta Kalv‚ne were deported as the family of a ëconvicted
nationalistí to Lyubino region of Omsk district where they worked
on ìNovaya Zariaî collective farm. In 1954, Zelma Kalv‚ne got married
to Ritvalds Redzobs and gave birth to two daughters ñ Velta (1955) and
Ruta (1957). In 1957, the Redzobs family returned to their homeland ñ
Saliena parish and their third daughter Ausma was born in 1964. Zelma
Redzoba worked in Lielborne collective farm as a warehouse keeper till
retirement in 1986. At present, she and her husband run their family farm.
The interview took place at Zelma Redzobaís house ñ in a well-ordered
comfortable environment where everything reflects the industriousness of
its owners. At first, the narrator was reticent but later she willingly shared
her memories. The central event of her life-story is deportation: eviction
from the family home on 25 March, 1949, the journey to the Siberia, work
on the collective farm and everyday life in deportation. The narrator has an
excellent memory and her life-story reveals precise details concerning the
facts of everyday and family life in the Siberia ñ wedding celebrations,
building a house and keeping house, buying things, etc. Their return to
their homeland is described in detail, mentioning the attitude of the parish
inhabitants to those who had been deported.
Life-Story of Mirdza Staltmane (Redzoba)
Mirdza Staltmaneís (Redzoba) life-story, interview undertaken by Zane
StapÌeviËa in ìBaltiÚiî, Saliena parish of Daugavpils region, 2 July, 2004.
The record of the interview (2 tapes, 118 minutes, in Latvian) is kept in the
archives of the Oral History Centre at Daugavpils University, catalogue
No. 216, abbreviated ñ DU MV: 216.
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