Beneficiaries are talking...

 “There were a lot of bed bugs in the huts we were living in. Even now, after years I wake up with that feeling of their bite…”  (Elena P.)

”We faced many troubles on the way to Siberia. The insects, like louses, fleas and bed bugs were felling us…We were permanently starved and thirsty… “ (Elena P.)

”When it happened to rain, I held out my hand through the bars of the little window and picked up the rain drops, afterward greedy I drunk them…” (Tamara B.)

“Hundreds of people were dying and their bodies were thrown into the pile…” (Tamara B.)

”One of the women from the wagon was murmuring a painful refrain: “Siberia, I am not afraid of you; the humans are living there too…” (Valentina B.)

“We passed through difficult times, but many other troubles were waiting us at our return, because we were treated as “nation enemies” (Larisa B.)

“All my diseases and pains come from the Siberian frosts…” (Alexandra C.)

”We were disembarked in the middle of the wood, where the railway stopped…”(Liuba B.)

”We chose a puddle, we drove away the frogs and we drunk the water…” (Liuba B.)

“I was taken from the school. I had nothing with me. When they got us up in the car, I had only one thought – to run away – but I was afraid not to be killed…”  (Maria A.)

”The natives from Siberia were calling us the “fascist helpers”. Their children were beating us and calling with bad words. It was very painful and humiliating…” (Gheorghe C.)

”Our estate was confiscated and never returned… They offered us a reward of 200 lei, but my parents refused to accept it… (Panaghia A.) 

“There were different nationalities in Tiumeni. The Ukrainians were condemned for 8 years, the people from Baltic Countries for 10 years, but Moldavians were condemned “ for life”…” (Ion C.)

”The human civilization is impossible without the true memories of history…” (Pavel C.)

”When we arrived, we didn’t know where we were. We sat down on our clothes and waited to know what would happen …” (Dumitru C.)

“I was beaten cruelty, till I lose my consciousness.  I never thought these things can happen nowadays. This kind of people can’t be called Humans. ”

“When I meet the policemen on the street, I feel fear, hate and revenge…”

“Injustice must be paid with revenge…”

“I feel myself isolated, misunderstood and without future…”

”The days of detention were a true nightmare. I was beaten with hands and feet. They were putting me a sack on my head, they tied my hands and they were shooting me with a rubber sticks till they got tired to do this…”

“… I fought in the south of Afghanistan, where the fights were more fiercely. There were destroyed many building in front of me. Many women, children and old people were buried under the ruins.”