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Mirdza Redzoba was born in 1928 in ìLÓdumniekiî, Saliena parish of
Il˚kste region, in the large family of Minna and K‚rlis Redzobs. From 1936
to 1943, Mirdza had basic education and afterwards worked in her fatherís
household. After the war in 1946, K‚rlis Redzobs was arrested and sentenced
for participation in the ëaizsargsí organization during the Nazi occupation
to 6 years of forced labour in a penal camp. On 25 March, 1949, his wife
and three adult children ñ Mirdza, Ritvalds, and K‚rlis ñ as the family of a
ëconvicted nationalistí were deported to Siberia. Mirdza and her brothers
worked in the ìNovaya Zaryaîcollective farm in Lyubino region of Omsk
district. In 1954 she got married to Tenis Staltmanis and gave birth to two
sons ñ Bruno (1954) and J‚nis (1956). In 1958 the Staltmanis family returned
to Saliena parish. In 1962 her daughter Rasma was born there. In her
homeland, the narrator worked on the ìIskraî collective farm till 1983. At
present she is retired and lives with her sonís family.
The interview was hold at Mirdza Staltmaneís house. The narrator was
welcoming and responsive, she often smiled during the interview, despite
the numerous bitter experiences of her life. Her answers were extensive and
informative, warmed up with a wonderful sense of humour. The major
topics of her life-story relate to her childhood and school years during the
ëtime of Ulmanisí, the war and impressions of foreign soldiers, life in
deportation in Siberia and after her return ñ work on the collective farm
and life in Saliena during the Soviet period. Deportation has remained in
the narratorís memory since the moment of her familyís detention on March
25, 1949, to the left Omsk district. Great attention is paid to relations
among people and everyday life.
Interview with Ritvalds Redzobs
Interview with Ritvalds Redzobs, undertaken by IrÁna Saleniece in Daugavpils,
9 February, 2007. The record of the interview (digital audiorecord,
110 minutes, in Latvian) is kept in the archives of the Oral History Centre
at Daugavpils University, catalogue No. 401, abbreviated ñ DU MV: 401.
Ritvalds Redzobs was born in 1930 in ìLÓdumniekiî, Saliena parish of
Il˚kste region, in the large family of Minna and K‚rlis Redzobs. Ritvalds
went to Lielborne Primary school; in 1944 he left Saliena Primary school
and worked in his fatherís household. After the war in 1946, K‚rlis Redzobs
was arrested and sentenced for participation in the ëaizsargsí organization
during the Nazi occupation to 6 years forced labour in a penal camp. On
25 March, 1949, his wife and three adult children ñ Mirdza, Ritvalds, and
K‚rlis ñ as the family of a ëconvicted nationalistí were deported to Siberia.
In Siberia, the narrator worked on a ìNovaya Zariaî collective farm in
Lyubino region of Omsk district; in 1954 he got married to Zelma Kalv‚ne
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