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RO:PORT ON THE ILLEGAL ROUTE OF THE "STUDE;;TS" I:lFOK,IAUON SEHVICE

LETTER 1'0 ,till. PEHLE FRO;A illR. OLSEN, il'fTAC!IING FINAL REPOJ\T RE VIRB OPERATIONS fRO:~ Sl)EDEN

LET1'ER TO lt!R. a;HLE FROi! !olR. OLSEN, \'iiTH EN­CLOSURES, ALSO COPY OF CABLE #4582, 11/27/44 FRO'f. 81\lCY.HOL.'A

ADMINISTRATION Of' THE EVACUATION FUND

SITUATION OF THE ESTOliiP.N EVACUATION Jo'UND

REPORT Oll EVACUATION ACTIVITI[S DURING JUNE·· AUG., 1944

EV,\CUt.'fiON OF LATV!ftll CITIZENS .,. _REPORT ON THE SITUATION_BY OCTOBER, 1944

!ECORD OF LATVIAN P.EJ'UGJ';ES IN SV;LDEN

SITUATION OE' 'rHE EVACUATION FUND UP T09/4/44

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ATTEi•IPT AT EVilCUATIOH OF LITHUM!Ii'N INTELLECTU11LS TO SWEDEN, ENCLOSING LIST OF REFUGEES, 1lRRIVED IN SWEDEN FRO:,! LITHUMHA, ON AUG.ll, !tUG. 9, AND SEPT. 2, 1944, MiD OTHER ENCLOSUHES

:tE,dOJtANDUid TO "MR. !.IINISTER11 , AND ENCLOSU.EE, UN-DATED MD UNSIGIIED -

FE-1M; FEPJHT o~· i.C1'IVITES OF 7:;;F~ E:':UGlci: bo;,r:n ERD:I! Sf;EDl.N

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·,THE: FORE:IGN SE:RVICE:

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UNITE:D STATES OF AMERICA

AMERICAN LEGATION Stockholm, S\'Ieclen June 1:5, 1945

Dx·igac1ier General '.'iillie;n 0 'Dwyer Executive Di:cector

V!ar Hofugee Board Washincton, D. C,

Subject: l!'inal Heoort of Activities of \'/ar i'(efn::;ee Board. frora S~ve der~ .• ··

Dee.r GcJ"lerul 0 'Daycr:

In c.ccordancc \';itl:t :}roo_:c instruCtions, -'~he ·follo\;ti::.12:' ii:)

the ~onclu(Lin~; rc.)ort coverin§_; o·?el:'etions :Cro1:1 ~"'.:Jeden of the ~ia:r liei\:t£}38 -Joc·.rd.- It is int0nded ·to Gl.~-))lc;ncnt 2l1<l brine; u_·1 to D-ate m;r Jx:'.sid re::~ort r::n.J.b:r:litted _2:-S ·of HoVcnber 22, 19'f4, as r!e},l as to provide E:. i:'in:.•l o.ccouxcin;; of th•: funds placed ,:;_t uy clisposB.l.

the d;t:~c~f\1~~8r~~~~~·~t f~~~()~;~s]~t0c;t~~i~~ ~~n~l~;~ot~fl~/·f~~1 ei'f'ect sinpl:/ a GLL-:.nc,.r~,; of_ -194:., activities; ~he fJCope of oper.::t-'~iO~lS_ Juri:t~._;; the )Eirio_d htld, __ Of_ -coourse-, CQLJ,si dera.bl;;,r contrc:cted. ~he :Jaltic cou.ntries ht.d- cea-S-ed ·a:s an areB. of o~Jere:tions in Scgt!-3nlbeJ. ... ,- lS44~ Eu..ngarie.~n o_)ere:~ions came to a -close in Janu2.r~r, l~i4:;. Co1lse·cp.J:-8nt __ l;/, the gree:.test }Jos­si ble attent:Lon- was focused.- On the _f,:-.:.te oJ:' Jevrs c:uLd. other civilian prisonerS in Germgny ,- as v;~ll as i:tl .]rc-Ssing __ active rescue 811(!_ re~icf operations in Eo1co,-;ay. Cert~:-.in li~11i ted activities \'!ere_ c.ontinlied in _;Jem-a_ark.

Suf:fi-Cierlt facts 110YJ a·_J_;_JeB)_ ... at _hc:.nd- ~Go sn9;;6rt -'G1I8 CQll­

cluSion the.t Hun[;c•.I·ie.l1 I'esCue an( relie_:f a:cti-ons·_--ini tiat-ed. by the War He:ft.:i.f/1C Board frOm ql,7e den_ \'Jere the key-stones- -o:r ti10 most proc.i:LlCtive steps- tcd·~Cn in tha·~ area-,_ and- ~)aved the way for- s2ving t_he --li.:.ves o±: perhc.ps 100-,oop Je\'ls. ~.!1e \t;ork of llaoul ',Yallenberg, actively snj?-)C?,ri:;ecl bJ .. :.iinister JJ.~:~1_1ielJ.J:ioi1 and his st{:t:t·f of' _the S~·;edisll-Le~at±:o_ri in ~~l.a;?est, \7e.s._notl~ing G:i:Lort of 'orilliaJlt - to s2.y nothi-nt; ·of bein.:_s hid4ly courageous. ~-

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: ... :llis cx·ou11 ~1ioncei'ed tho ;rocram of con::)t<:.nt .: ... nd relentlc,s~3l~~ incre::+.Dinr; )ressuro oJ:. tJ.lo ~-Iunc;G.rj_e.h Goverlll:te;lt in bchc.li' of' tl1c Jor;::-;, at the cost o:i' scriour:.:l;;~ j eol):::.r::!.izin~.:; t~1cir o1.·.'n )erso.:~~6'.l sa::=·e-t:,-. L·U.nist er D:-_j"liellf30?1 in.f6l-'.::1Ei<l ;.J.ni fJte·:r· J611118fJ!l ~·-~·11.\ n;ysel:f t~2.:·:t d ... u ... ~·in.-~-; tllsir lc.st 1.-,eel~s r:.tl of:lict~~ls in !3ude.­)Gst, haoul .Jo...lJ..e~!.berc; ll~_).c1 to l!._ic1o in :.:.~ diffcz·~=~l!.-~ ho-.. tse ev:::r·.r :;.lit'_;lrt, he r.'~·.s GO l1otl:· l~LLltr=d ()~ t_~~-o i~un.~-;e.::>ic_:n 1\:.uci:Jt::.; c·.nd t~l~J Ger2!l2l1B. ~~-~lle JI'ogr:_:un of :L r:;suill;:j Sv!e-di~-;J·~ ;~ro-Ccq-Lii ve _)2.Sf:3j_Jox··l~rj, oi' Ghelte:cin~;:- {Jor,·s in Sr.:e,:~_is~~ p:cotect~?ti. d'.·rolli=--ss, E.d.::·_ ;:;i;..:il::·.r o·~j1e:c ·cl..ctiYitios :i.n i·~sclf brou.)~t a))ro:-:in·_,_telj- 20,CJ;..<;. J?.;::s under -~Jlc Dc~ir)t2: o:f S·.ie c1ioh _;rcot8ctio:tl. _..., .. t ... ~ila ~(leicht of' thiu _}ro,;l~~--~~-;,, O'l'Gr 3.:.10 )Dl'~~o _lfJ l.:.c~c~ been roc:ruitec1. to ce~rJ:z_' ou_t t~.!.ifJ e:aor:-_lo·u.f3 tc.sk. ~:·his )X'O[;l't:.i:l not 8. r1~.ttcrn \ .. !..i.C~l soo11 \'.'t:.s :!::'ol­lo' .. 'O ~1 b;'/ t2~.c S·:;ifJs, ?ortt:tGUe se L::n(1 ·.;~·!c Intc::cn:;.,i~ion~'~ .... ·~(;;Q· G:co::..;c, :·tn(:. in tlic c=-ll~ l1roz1ncccl ~-. co •. ~G:L1l0 ~l_ _J~"'o::::r~·.;ol ,:~_:_:Lc~-~ )I'9.b[..~jl;,· c.f"-f::n"J.::J. 'LlL~ :..·.:_ ~-st r:-::li·~f .--~.::~(. pi·otsc<:;i·:J.l t;~ J=;·:r': i~~ ;:::._~1~,r _:;uro :)8~i.rl co-li:.rG1·~ •

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·G:J ,::;,e_:_rCe .. lOe:c ;:Xl<l ::rc~s i\ .. 1..J:''t~1cr re:-;)ortec1 on i'ro1..1 ti:.::.e to ti.-:l3. ~~~-"l)l!o.sis ~-.rc.s l.s..:.-.:s·~l~' on the e.:r:c;G~· of tl1c .-Uni-ted 3t;l..te:3 Govern­:.12_:_-:!.'t ..!uo':.re.rO.s t.!LeBe c.trocities, c:md_3oe~'li:n __ ; c:.-Y_.'8Lr8<t c_:_r:.i~Ge i .. :l_:~ref:;~_,e .~_. ~.-l1.ese discEssio::.--:s diet ::::.ot .Se::.~--~1 to 1Je 2.cco~-::1plislli:!l_::-:: ;.::. 2,:rec~_t c!_~;t:l ht.:.t it _iS i::~ter.?sti:~:..i;·-- to -:~ote tl1c~t i~~l 1.Ic.~· ~:.:not~l-22:' co:,.:rto..ct, I~lei-st, infoJ.:·Eed de ·t;he.t. --~v.ite by i'reaJc tliese d.is-­c-._l8Dions o:ctLle.ll.J' se.ved the_ lives' of the Jeyis -i1~ Ge:tne.ny-; 1-iis rer:12.r~:::s c.:r."e o.dve..nced -for nh2.t the:( uay be ·::orth,. consiC~G-X'il~; t~12.t b~- -t;j_lis ti1:1e Gerr:1E' .. n.- collo.pse '.'!as only do.:, .. ·s away- e.ncl i~leist c:light l·L~.Cve lJlace cl -C?-- speci~al -:vall..te on fl~ttcr-y-. E8 S[-.icl -~m:~t Boenil1.E,' 1 s discusSioi1s '.ytti: Eie had come into Berlin: just e. bout tl1e t:i,.ue v1~1.en i_t hacl__ ~econe l~'f.Ore Qr= le~s o:f'fiCi_e.=!.l~.· de­cided to murdei ... p~l th~ Jews in _Germc.11.y-. This ooJ:iclusion ~·.T.s bctsed on (1) -that ~-tl19 Jer,~s W8l"G e nni$2-.l.~l~.e, (2 f t!.1.e:G the

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l~~;j_·~s;~:~:!d~~~t t{~~~sc~~~ie~•:0·(1o1~~rt~ 11 ~~~;~)c~~~;~ ;~~~;~ "~-;~~ to .....::_~11-:c.r..-:l.),. -C~J..r-"":?;l~ tl·:e::;e tY.:o ::.m'l \/ere consto.;yi:;l~" i~-~ r-tiJ:''-~Ct Col·!­t~tct '.-::L·Gh-tllc~ J!roc~ic1·:11t r·:,\I rc::.'}onr..:il;lc Olll~;· -~o i1i.~. .·~e thdn re_>oj_•tccL ou1~ ru.tl1cr stx··~nl~:: disCUBGiol·~. J._lcist o::·.it:J. -L~1::·.-~ l~r:.ltc~J..lJ:cu.:::n ce.lled .l.l:L-:1 (LleiGt i ov~;r ·co Ei:.~-.1lo:r-' G ~:1c~.:'.d.­c.y .. u:.rt:._-:l''s ::--.:::cl F:.s~..:cd LL·:1 ·::llo.t this rc_.)ort 1.·:o.s c~ll L!Jout. ~=lr::ist ::lOrrJ or lef3C corii'j_~cmocl. the st·'Jr~v,- adtJiH:~ thc-.t if ..:.:;;_iCGe -~1orson:..:1 l"'e-:">l'(::H3i':':'Ht~:...tivc~"J of J?rosid.·!~·.ri; l.~uo"sevc:l·i:; ~-.:o:...tl\1_ ·bc:tl::.or

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[J":>l··to~~-i~l Le~;~:-:L.,~o;~'s C;:o~;"'s·e~:::-~~~) 93~-: o:f ~,l~\T'C~1 0, 1')4~·. _It ·_·/c~::::i the b~~sis for -~lle ttGerillf:.r· Je·-.ce fe2le:cs 11 ·stories circulat­i~l.~; 2~l'OlJ .. LC~. s-~ocL:.holi:l s:t; "t~!.e ti--:e. 1.t"his (lj_scnsSion ·:.T~:~;:=; V8Y'~' l~.:.1.~_;t21~·, vcr::,:- ·stro~lg, u.nc1 most s)_oci-fic, It -neLt:L'lj- CE:I1le to c;. !).:ul end 1jecc.o-.u .. r::iG _{ibbentro;J ·::c;.s furim .. :.s over the )ress I'tL.lO.!'S .:;::~· _)ec.ce~fc3lcrs, ;;l_i-.~~ t_he f:::.ct -t~ll~.-.-G Eesse's -~iresc1lc-e i~l :i..:coc~-:.11ol~ .. :. pecc:nc ·:-yu_1Jlic lG'l0\7ledEe. Ifm·!C~ve~c ,- 1-Iesse· 1.'18.8 able -c:.> C{)~:vince Ribbe:1.tro) that I he.d :;::at cl.iBclosec~. the -~·u .. sc-o .. :]s;Lon, b~.:::'~ -~h[..._-;_; it r;ss tile f.?;ul;; oi' cert~·.ir. ~·:·:odes; S.fli.~ Tesults of

~;~,;~n~; s~~~~s2i1~1~t "~~ t~b~-~~~~()~,1~0 \~~;~~:~t t~~t L};ks~~~~~~,~~she ,, ';:c~r, ·::_Licl-l 8._>!Je:?.T'3i..l to be .r.:. sul)ject- of'- ~)c .. rtiCulf.tr i~1t-0rcst to

~t~s~~ G\;~ t;~A~:~:~;-~ ti~\,l~~~~t;is;h~~e~~;~~cr~') ~~-~;~~ie~e~~,at ·tJ.lel"C ·:;ex·e }relL.ti2·.:.e.r:y 11 lJeace- 11 or 11 su .. rrend..f;l"" 11 r:1otives bel2.ind. -­Hesse nal~in,_=; this con-tc:.ct. He ·::as C)_Uite .nervous, particularly \'.'~l8n in the J~iddle of our discussion; :fo:c _some une:cplaine d rc2.son, riy ki tche:cl buzzel" jaldf.a.ed and f.ru:pjlie (1 ra-G~1er ·start lin~ nireless sound effects.

·:.::~'!..G third m.ajo:c cont2~ct \'/3.3 w_ith- Dr. Kle;i.st, oQv~ousls--­co~E:ected 1.'/itil the Geru8.118 -t:~t the :1ighest level. lhis- also

1."!3.3 an extrenely ler:.gti1y flj_sCns:Sion re-ported_ aS LegatiOn 1 S (:2op Secret) No. 1356 o:f April ll, 194:5. Like Hesse,· Kleist sup;lliel1 positive as,,;un:mce tlw.t no :further steps v;ov.l<l be tc;.l:en to destroy tLe Jews ancl other civilie.n ,,risoners,,_ ancl that all possible ste:9s would be taken to protect prisoners o:f

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\'!8.r. ~:his cltscuDnio~1 had clearer i:12.rks of 11 Sl}.:cre:ndar fr::elers 11 :.:~ncl was :-:;o re~)OJ,tcd. It y.raa the strons-est of the three discussions.

:i_Jartl~~ in COlrl(~ction ,,.,.i th the fore::.;oin~;- 5.) .~ro~:G~les, but ,,lso rel:·.ted to certcciic other indirect corhaots o:t' 2. ciuile.r nature, on A)ril 1::, a r:lo:~tber of tlie.local 1.losalc Co .. l.i1UEity fle~'! to Berlin for c:, mcetinc: ·.vi th !~i1~1ale1"' on t.!1c Jc\'/ish ques­tion. EiLL:ller arrived e:;; thr.: 1~1eetin::; at 2:30 a.m. Oi:. A9:cil ~-1, havin:; juot; driven CO km. fron ~-Iitler 1 s "birthda:;r l)arty •. 2rob­ablc.' l10 mox·e bizarre scene coulcl be ste.ge d to record Hiuuler 1 s unconditional s·~..' .. I':r·ender to r.rorld o··oinj_o:n ~ ::.;. t•.7o hoUl" drive througl: Ytrecke d Germau roads and e.'" co:rJ.:feT·once until dB.'l!ll •:;ith a Jew fro111 Stockholm. ~he discussion ancl. I-Ii.~tmler's remarks 2.nd 'promises I-1ave alrc::;_;J_;y been reportet-l to t1·1e Board. P .. direct resv.lt of thir; t:ont.:::.ct ·,}D.S the release of' :;:,- fe\'! tho{Isc:.nd frou RavensbrU_ck. CC?ntrar:~~ to reports, Coir:1.t Bernadette •:tas ill. n.-; \Va;y involved. in the r.et;otiations for the release o:f these 11eo;1le, but th8v would !lever :-,ave ,;ott en out if Sv1edish Heel Cro~s transporl;;_tion """·d ;:ot bee;·, sn,-,pliecl :ormwtly 8.ncl effic­ientl~/, So fflr as is kno·.~.'n, BeX'J:1aclotte was concent_ratin.; e::­clusively on Jku:!isli c:u1d Norvrei~·ir:~n _pr:ison-ers.

T~1ese OLJer~n;ions \'-/ere :)resc:e.-}, str-onclJr ·a-~a-.i;l_; 1945-, al­tlwugh t~e;y were ter:lJ10rarily lla.ndica92."Jec1 froa1 time to ti 1e be­cause o_f -shorta..:;e of funds, Tl~e .._)ro,;rP-...::1 continued to·~worl; smoothl~r, e..nc1 the resu.lts were extremely_good. Pel'lia~)S-15, OOO}To_:r'<'W&ians, L1 serious jeopardy, >:rere brought to SV!ea.el-i, ,,,,;itll aid of the facilities ri.:."lcl_-;fillMci:al SU:p9ort -the.t tilis -)rogram suppliect. ~t is no. 8xq,ggera:t;ion to s_a;y the.t ~·these peo::~.le ,,·:ere in 11 se:rious jGopar¢ty 11 , _sin~e Hor\7egians- raT.;e~y-fled frou Hor•.1ay unless they \'le_re in_ serious difficulty nith· the Gestapo. 1.

1he s2ne proe;ram, :financed by Arp.erican Labor

Relief' :for Nor-,'!a~·, also involVed an -increasingly active shi-p­ment of relief' s~_pylies to Norway ~-.:food, clot!li-ng, fOotnear, medicines, etc, Part of these shiuments ·:;ent into HOT'\':ay tbrout;b regular licensing controls- of -'·the_ Sv1edes, _\"Ihil8 ~the­other was smuggled in through rt8ll established lU1.clergrot.nlc1 channels,

A secondary relief channel, the Horrre,;ien Church in SV!eden, also accelerated its progrmn of sending food and clothing into Norway. 'i'hisalso was a combination of resular.J.icensing and underground clJB.nnels, anc1 rras financed t!1rough funds supplied b;y American Relief :t'or Horwc.y, Inc, Although limited in scope, it was a V!ell workinc:;: program a.nc1 reache,J. notoriously dis­tressed families,

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A thirc1 ~1roe;ran, for direct relief vt:Lti1in HoJ:i.•te.y, was contin._·ccr_~ durin:; 1945 VIith the active coopere.·t~:L6n. of· tllc Swedis~l Consul General in Oslo. Also fi~:.o.nccd thr·oue;h funds sup;)lied IJu American ·Holief f.or l!or'-··'3_.,.., Inc., it ~-!afJ (ltrected to lJc'.rticui:.:·Tl~/ distresGet"• groups ~-.. -ho" 1.'/ere ~w.rd tf) reach be­cause :.le:::tbers of their fu2rrilies ~JLd beco~Je co~.1PI'01nise-l,· i,~l­_prisoncd or shot ·u~.r the Gestapo.

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:!Jw4eruu.s re)oi·ts hava alreo.d/ bcc::·1 su.J }lied coverinG aforeuentio~-Led rcsc\_;_e an( relief o )c~:·r.:·ci ons in Eorwc..::,~.

l;'ood ?.:-: ... reels :CroiJ Swcde:tt to Ge:r:'JiK~l'l"'r • -------~--- ---··--.-.----~--------"'--'-·

-.lhilc it bocc;J:1e rr-.-.t~1er cert;_;..in l.:.~te i11 19,~4 th8.-~ the J.c:.:·.:.:.:.·._~ls ;-_roulcL .:_:_;"/.; 1~!2.;:o :_21n~r laB·;~ u :.lTt.rtc lilOVe to e:;-:::tor'!ni.n~::.te t~_;_e Je\':s, it y:ns c. leo i_ :cre:~~-.:in __ ·l:,.' plce.~:· -:~lw.t virtu_all~..- t110 s:.;. ___ .;: ~ii}l;__.; ·;_;:.::.s bc:Lnc; e.cco·'.l.olinLed. throu-::)1 starvation· r::..nd .:le~lect. J!.ccoTCinc:;ly, ef'forts 1Jere: intensi:fied to slli.) food p:._-:.rccls f:r·on ~:..-·;··ode-::·1 to -tile Vr'.r:L~Yi.ls concGntrt_;_-~;ioH C2..lJPS in r}el~ __ :~~~l:-,.-. I{_:.;.·L-_,_ex· e::-:te::J.si vo list r:-: of ;)e rso!.ls iYt concfJHtr~:.-:,ion C2_l.l)s ~7crc co::tl)iled, c~r .. cl distribution chB.1Ul~ls· nr_rt~rl[;ed. In uo st C[~ses s~~i ;r:w:::.1.t ,:ras :.:~o.d.e v.:.J.d· .. r t~1e E-'.t~spices of the Snedish ~~ed :~I'oss. ~-~-lG )I_'9e;rc:ru '.lJ:.::.s gre~-~tl~· stre~l.gthene(l b~/ the s.ve.il­E~bility oi' £.) ,ro~:i~-1~-:.~tcl~r 22:3,00( .. fuod ~)HCkases sup)liecl h. tfK~

~~:\~~f~f~~n~~,~~d ~r~~i~;,~s n~~t ·J~i~o '\~I~~;~~ d eto¥r~~~~t,~~!v·!i"~~ consm;Jin.:; J)roblcm of food rationin~ and blockade controls, Fairly good checl•s were maintained as to the ·illtimate delivery of these parcels and good results were obtained inthat con'­nection. T:-.tis vtas one ~Jrogran i·n whicl1 the rtorlcl Jenisl~ Con­cress ::1ere v.ras rr,.tJ1er ei'fective, ,_once -they .!2ad~ be-COrile- pro:per­l:,r ort;anized.

bad narrowed camps -

Atte.clJ.ed c"re stater:E·nts co_vering vario1.1,s c0nfi(18ntial­:fu.::1ds place-d ::·.t 1u.y -dispose.l b;- the Wo.r l~efugee -Boe~~c1. It- \'Jill be rccalleCt thc;:t clurinc ~Ty- _sta~c _fn Vfashingtop. in- Dece_mber--, stc_tements \·:ere prepared and receipts were sup:;>lied covering expenditures up to the er:.d of' november, 1944.- Accordingly, the attached ste.tements siupl-y bring_ th'J ve.riou-s-·--ac(}ounts- v:p to date. In acco.rdance rtith your instTuctions, outste.~lding-_ bc:.l:::.uces ·::ill be "transfe:-ci,ed back to- l.lr. Tiavid ':!hit-e-. I.Iy account ·-:;it;~ the American Joint Distribu:tio" Oot,lrli ttee has

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been closed l'titlt the tre.m;fer of n k·.Lmcc of 2lG,OOO Srt.:cc, to tl1e locc~l bro.i1Cil o:f J. D.C. 'L'lw o::-.1o.nce of :l'unds supl)liecl b:)' ,,c:tcr·ica" Hclie:f fo2' Eor-.:E.;', Inc, io bein;; tre.nsf'cl'l'0( ·i;o "· locul or,;ecnizatior! rt1lici, L:.s be>oc.:-, crn?yi,Jt; out ot:.r:r :Tor­\"e,c:,;:Lc::t relic:C ccctivi ties i'or .-.ner·i.ce.. ?cclief :for i•for;my.

\htL the s~cbruission of this fine.l reCJort, L.ncl Lt vie;·, of uy ne·..-t ansi_;'D:Wnt at 't'hc Ii2.,;uo, I sl1oull1 lil;c to exgress

, ·ho ;you the :ceccl so:.tis:£'£J.ctiotl o.nd ple~wure I i1ave experi.encod L1 "'W associc:tion v;i ti: tile .ie.l' :=;efugce ·J3o:.l'd, It has been L1ost interestinG a::1d a .real chcllen,c;e, 'l'he entire :oro!';l'EG'l was vcr.~r muc11 W01'tlm£Jile and tlw onl~r regrettable thing is that the ·.h.r Refugee Iloo.:n'. '.7as not establislle d a :rear or two em~lie:r. I ):reO':! thcct I COu.lcl do much better had I this activit~c to underta;:e now, on the basis o:f exl)erience gained, but ·the tili!e ele,:wnt in tlJic3 <>rocram oi'forded no opportuEit~' to )ro:fit froH ex) 'rienee or to 1e:n'n .from raistu1:es· already ii!Hde, 'L'o an;yone here in }ffirope, ho\'lever, it is extl'emel;y clear tL&t tho -'.!ai· Refugee J3oE,.ni <:Wcom)lished· an enonnous emount of good,

·:EncloEures \t

Iver C, Dlsen Speci2l Jttte.Che- -:for

1

."/c.r Rcf'u.;ec 13oard

llnvins; for five centurien lived uncler forei[s"TI rlomin<:ition, the Bul;~arian ,_,eonlo disrne;nbered since lfl7B until -now have boon under the domiwttion of certain foreign stc;tes. Thus this nation has had to fi~)r!; for centuries to obtain .at le.st its independence and its ne.tionaJ. unity.

Itself ren.:cecl in th8 trr-.!,(1itt:.)ns of f'reedom, the J3u1_~9.rian })COple iJ rnfractory to r.ill o·::~:;lreos1.oi1;. :i?o:r· this reason tJ·le ~-3nl~~o.rinn ·.·rovcJ~nmont h3~3 al''T!.Y0 roopnct~d the fnunan ric:;1Ji;s of c_cl.L n::Lnorities Y!hich have lived on Bulg2.rian territory. -

·uu.T·jn · ~~~l .... :::c-3GG.nt 1-':::t:c, ~J1.1.l.::;2.ria ho.~s not ~Jent a_ oint;le ~;l;:L.li~l .. "~;b any :(:cant, i>he ~!:·:.·_; !lro~)1HJ<.1 no·!; n'.r:;ing1c bomb on ::tl1J !Y~ h2T enc·.:i-:::1, 1>ut ')he ho.r.-: onasr:leB:Jly :~tr:Lven to ··tti·~:L!.._~:~tc~ · -·ttlltn tile J.:Lmits of l'OHoib:Ll:i.ty the inevitable f.!Onsoq_nencc:: o~·:· y;.-~ :r· i'o:r th[} J3ule;r::.:r.ian l')O)Ult;.tionc of . :;.cedonin 8!ld .. ecrtern ~~~hracc •::lticJ·l until l)tf.J. ~::er·e under 3orbj_~u1 ·:.n<1 •-+rBeL: domin..a tion~

,,-:;::o,::>~tre:..-: t~;,l:~~n a,~;c~in::.:t the ~ e· . .rs b~~ Bu1.-3:aria havo ·oeen ~:11rlied ·.-:ithov:t h:::~rc:hncss l)~l all or_·_~ani:~8.t:Lon:-.: of ·~he :::.dL~iniotr::=-~t~on. It i~; no scc~"'et-:-an~l -~ho ~nl;o,rin.n Jews the~n:3el ve:: ~i.nor; it "-te~cy ... .--ell--tho..t tlH3 late Xint.~ :Boris, D.8 :·:ell e.s t~1e. stqJrece autll6:r.:·i ty o:C the_ ~ulz;e<.rian vrtho­llO}: Ghtu·clt h£vc e.l\'la;'IS taken cere to see tl1£ct .. ~l1e Jeus :-.ere t1•eat~~tl. -,·,·i·Chol-:..-G liB.rfJhnesn. .'1.!J :i:or .1Gl1.o ~Ciulc.~~~ci~-:.n tor.'n ~~nJ l"'U:t.:·n.l I>OJ}UlaJ,;ions, these have ~i.ecl:J:ced a sympathy i'or t1Ie J eY;:CJ ;;:-_::.ch the ~7 e:·:s ti1c:n:-.~ ol vc:J ~-:.avo recognized. -· -~ tL:~u .LLO.\J.2nt thu :Tcy;s a::.·(; livin6 j_n ... uch 1letter conditions tl.z.cD1 -~:2"!c3e onjoyeU ::;:I J::;hc raajoJ:>it;:t of JJu~cc:~rian -c_itizens ·aLo L2.ve Oeen oblii3;ecl to abe..nd.on their .to\';ri:-J deB_tro~;ed by . .\..;;er·ican air l'nids and ::.L["1.ve lost evl::rythinc they posaessed.

~~~L.e 3ul2;:3'i::.'Jl C!-ov:::cnment 11ct;:; nev'"··r :::-of'U::-=;ed to·· len·i an 2.ttentive eex to counsels oi' llu;~:anit;y and tolerance. In ~3~~i;c.ria everJ~o:ne l9}or;s -'clit-t t tLl8 f:: trength of' a- smg_ll nation ..LlGV in its }EOral integrity. lNcn _t-odaY th_ey v.r ou..ld have bo::.:en y,·illin.; to liste:n. to -sug2:estio11s .nn<lG in defense of ;Jev·r.J anU refue;ees; bnt on condition t1J.£lt--thpso ::r:·esponsi)J_le fo::c .aa.1cinc tl'.:.eGe GUG6estions 3hou~d -thct:J.s~lves l·l£..Ve [.;iven

.f a IJer30TI8.l e}:ample of- hvJnani t[].rian · treatn:ent_.

S:iLe A:t[;erican Air I'o:r·ceo have carried out- acts of _;;;he .c;re::>.test and ;r,ost arbitrary cruelty against the civilian cJopuL~tion of the cities of Sofia, Plovdiv, Slcopie, :Joupnitza, Velles, Vratza and othe~s.o They have done violence to the- cl.!.c..teau oi' Vrana, --re3idence oi' ·t;he ~~l,leen, __ a widow of 1)ar_ely -six months' st~nding, and oi'-lier two orp!1an children aged

012 arid 7. The chateau has been

totally destroyed, although it is far from any military objective, far from any othe~' habitation.

I:Z the :Dul,;c.rian :;eoplc were to learn that there are still to be found in tho United States of f.r::crica noble souls who (icplore these cruelties; if those who ~;reside over the­d:fltinies of .the Great Arr.erican nation, :i_ristead:of addressing threats, Ytere to promise to repair the dam8,ge. that their · cruel military leaders have already done, and never again to permit their Air Force to kill and ruin a harmless and ~t­less population, then without a doubt the Bula;aria Government would reco~ize the moral right of the USA to give humani­tarian adv~ce and then the Bulgarian people \yould fully rqtify the execution of such advioes,

';';hen the necessary Illeans for the evacuati n was ljl&cec: at our dis_cosc.l, our regular connection with ~ithuania was broken on account of the many arrests do.riftg itay-'June lSJ44 among the lE:auing men in t .• e Lithuanian resistance movement. Even if we wer<J aware of tht: fact that the lliOSt difficult organization wo:ck for the evacu.a ti on r.ad to be done < on the Li thue.nian side, it was necessary tf1at so;r,eone fro;,, this country '."er,t to Li thuaniH to ir.form the hj_ghc;st li be:rati '"" co[[ufd ttee in Li thua­ni;;, about the ;'.-ossi bili ties for evacuation and to form the actual evacuati">n plan.

Ir1 Sweden there was a sh0rtage of' .nen •.vho were 'lli:Lling to coo,:.erat<o in the syauation for ideal reasons; we v•ere also short of sui table boats i.e. such b·cats as attrackt the least attenticm on the: other sicie of the Baltic, For that reason we~ werEc of the; o inion that t1~e·best thir,g 'II')Uld be tl.at Lithuanian fishing boats brought he peo,;le from the Li thv.anian coast to Gotland and from there returned to Lithuania, '.l!his was e.lso considere<i the best way from t£1e ;coint of view of' risk. 'iis have thEcref'ore limi teci. ov.rselves to the ;~urc;,&.Se of one fishin.o. toat, which in the firs-t •.-lace was to take dr,A. Vokietai tisto Li tlruania. and back. -

·:;hen dr.A. Vokietai tis did not ret1:·rn 1 we tried to sen6.· over as oany boats as we dis.;;oseci of for evacuation ;.Ur,t;oses, A shortase of li tllu>"rti<m crew and sui table boats was a considerable obsta.cle in these cV~•cuati on efforts.

A, 'i:i,e boat tri,JS condt..cte:u from Swe<.:en.

C.:hc fishing boat whic:n VI&.S i>crchased in Sweuen/ calle•:r "the little ·ooat in t£1e below"/E• fishin;i boat which in Ju.ly 1943 arrive;ifrom Lithu­ania/cal.Led"t:ce big boat"below/ an<i a fishiEg boat v1hich arrivedfrom Lithuania on ,.,,,gnst lOtil/ cal leu" the llledi um-_sized boat"/ have b<o:<.en uScJ for the ev&cuatior,, ·-

Table o~ the Journeys

l':illiber irl the description

The little boat:

which have be en ;Jlad e f:ro:H s,;,ed en.-

Date of arrival Number of re-and return, fuge8s fetched,

l. 2.

-L journey __ II· II

.14/7 --16/7 23/7 - 25/7 30/7 - 1/8 3.

5. 6: 8,

10.

The big boat: 4.

Th'" medium sized boat:

III IV v

VI VII

I

7. I 9. II

7/8 - 9/8 11/8- 18/8 23/8 - 26/8 10/9 -

3/8 -

22;)8 - 24/8 27/8

15 36

22

. .., 2.

l. The little boat left douthern Gotland On Ju.ly 14th for tite Id thu­anisn coast with dr.A,Vokietaitis on board, The journey accross Ncl:J:i:ID<: occurred with no intermezzo, J..Vokietaitis _was set ashore and the boat retunec .. On the way tack tl.e bo&t was stoppec in the middle of' tl,u Ba.' tic¢ by a German patrolling vessel, the ca~: t!:dn of which asked for the papers of the crew, The Sweliish s<dlor,ichlstriim, srwweci his Swedisb ciocccuents, and the boat was_ allowed to cJntinve with no further visi­taticm. The fact thr,t ther8 was a Swe..:e among the cre:w save:d the boat and the crew from hailing already on its first j ourr,ey, Great losses occurred,however, because the ti1ree otber men, when they saw the Ge:rman ),.<•tro1ling sl1i1, ap:;roach, threw oterbo~rd the most soaj t of the inventary /a precious binocular, a wireless etc.;.

2. On July <-'3rd. tbe little boat left Gotland to fetch dr, Vokietai tis 'Nho according to agrvement was to wait on the same spot where he i'~<id gone ashore, three evenings from ti1e 24th of July. The boat return eli on .July 25th without dr. V. The crew declarea that the sight was very gooa,but that dr,V. wus not there.

3. {!.ccording to agreeme:nt with dr. V., he was, in case he or the ·ooat wc.s _.revented- f'rom comi.ng ttJ the meEting vlaoe July 24T27, to Wlii t :for tl1e boat tl1ree RXlfX:in'lg.E consecc,tive nights after a week, The boat was thEre­for sent out ag1c.in on the 30th anu was on the 31st outside the Li thu­anian cCJast. The boat returned v;i thout dr, V., however, a£Jd the crew again declarei that he was not to be frJund 0!'1 t:he agreec_ s'"ot,

NB, According to refugees which later have arrived from Lithuania,dr.V. did wait for the boat on the agre'-'d evenings and on the agreed place together vli th the leaderx of the Lithuanian_social democrats,who was the chairman of the highest liberation cormnittee and who- according to the decision of the committee was to ga over to Sweden. The only reason why they diu not see the boat must- be that the crew did not recognize t.i:Ie SI)ot where dr,V. went ashore and was-to return,on. acoourr of the flatness of' tl1e Lithuanian coast which o'ffers sq few fixeo. mark points.

4. A group cJf Lithuanian rECf'~gees who-arrived ·:rn_Sweden--towards-the end of July gave a stirring description of the situation on the Lithu­anian cc;C>.St. :l'housands of intellectuals from all _parts of L:ilthuania haci f'leci to-the coast districts _and lookeci for. possibilities for transport to Swe<Jen, The German-·Li thuanian border vms totally bloc:>ted and 'there­by the last and worst was to_escal_;e from immediate destruction. -It was agreed that the big boat VIas to be s'ent over instantly;

The crew problem was difficult,for on the one hand the c-rew had to know the coast well, but on the other hand there were no conliJetent men­a:nong the few Lithuanian refugees, The Soviet offei1sive rolled on to­wards Lithuania with a surprising speed, and it was generally estimated that t;-1e Russians would -:u: reach the Lithuanian coast within a week, Something nad to be done, and since there ·c/SBE no choice the crew had to be taken from the newly arrived Lithuanians.

3.

'rhc big boE>.t lef·t Visby on August )rd., bul;on account of sornt: still m!luwwn misfortune it did not reach Falanga on the Lithuanian coast before tLe 6th. Two wen of the crew went ashore to collect ~eo~le for til(;J evacuation. In the meantiJ!,e the boat ·:"nt ·out from the coast,in­tenaing to return th<o next night, e.i. August 7th. 'i'hs.t night so;"e 100-120 intc:JJectuals,a.r,ong them many soi.ontists "-'•Ci poli tioians, stood wai tine for the boat. Dr. Vokietai tis and the ctw.irman of the corm;.i ttee were also r·mong those waiting. 'l'he boat did not return,however. J!'i ve to six motor boats went out to look for the boat. An unusually thiol!! fog made tbe search difficult illld it prove..; futile,

The next night, the 8th of August, the big boat was again exroected, but did nc·t cot!;G. First on "Ugust 9th was the bo&.t found by sc:me Li tbuan­iml fisherraen 12-15 sea-miles off the Li thuanicm coaet. It oroved tne.t the br:at had 1•ad a rn.~tor stop, and that the o~'ew could not get the IJotor goin,c: again because the spark-lamp(?) did not functic;n, The fishermen succeeded in ge·'. ting the motor going again and steered the boat towards tr,e com,t. ·,',hen the boat on August 9th ab~,ut 22 o'clock Xli!X:b:Riil. reached the coast, the waj ting group was g2ne. Three d a.ys waiting of so large a group had attracted t!:roatteritiotl --f tl:e Germe.ns, and an SS-1mi t hacl been sent out to clc,an up the ooa" t. Nine ;rorson~ we:eco cau,-:ht, the rest fled - all thj s ha~:; ened just before t!Je ·boat ar_::·j_ved.

On the afternoon of August lOth. the boat was oa.ptured. -by Ger;aan sub­:r.arines, which were sent r:ut. aft <or three. lG.r.ge li thuanian ftsrling toats which on tLe same clay had started in the morniHg/ see below for more_ mii tL& fate of these three boats./ The boat was taken- into the ~!.Cemel harb::ru:· ·and has since been t:nere under the watoh.of the 'iiehrmo.oht. The two !:ien of the· crew who had remaineC> on board, were· h8.ria'eu over to GGl:'L&po, '!lho sent the;,; to the concentration oo.:c,p at Dimi tr·a'-:aj;;·est­ern I.i thuani<•./ One of the two ,uen who had be~n set ashore was,e caught by the Gestapo some days later. He was cruelly ;naltreateci and finally sent out to tne IJimitrava concentration oarup •. When the Gestapo on. October 9th cleared tte Dimitrava conce1;tration camp_, and set_ half" of tue survivi.tlg prisoners free, the three inenLeom the gig boat were held back. :!'hose who were set free believe that the three men WE-re to·te shot on August lOth.in the msrnine;. The fourth member of.the ore'l! was ca·c,gh't by ti'le- Gestapo at tlie end of se-teii.ber and -,.,as-sent- to-Me:nel /Klaipeda/. .

one of It should be added-. that/the three men who probably have been shot at Dimi trava,. has left behing him a family in Sweden, consisting of a wife ami two small children,

5. 7ihen the big boat did not return,· the little boat was sent· over on August 7th with one Lithuanian on board, who was to find. •}Ut what ha<i happened to dr.A.Vokietaitis and bring back to Sw'e<ien some 30 peo:ple according to a list which had be"n set up in this country. J'he Lithuanian was told trJ contact a man from the national resistance· movement.

On August 8th, at roout 21 p.m. the Lithuanian got ashore and con­tacted some :Lithuanian fishermen. But neither these nor the Li thuaniar"

who had come ashore dared go to .the men on the list in the middle of

4. the night,for th8 Ge'"taJ,o's office lay in the hous0 next· door, I'he man who had be,n set ashore could not v:ait untill the_next day,be­cause the two other- m{Jinbers of th-o crew/non-Li thuanians, who_ mostly thought abr,ut their pay/ r{JfUS{Jd to wait a whole dtoiy &nd night by the co<tst. As a resc,l t the br;at had to return lti:tkxl'!ll!X without having achieved anything.

In the controveey, l'lhich natura.lly arose on the return, the two non­Li thuanian llt{Jn declared that they could not v/ai t for the man who had been s&t as: :1re for as long as a day and a night, because th"3' had not got ;:,_ny drinking water left., •.

6. On August 11th., the little bnat went out to Li thuanie ':Ji th a re-., fL'gee wl:o had arrived recef,tly and who knew the situation on th" ccast

well, he was to be set ashore. On s.ccount of a storm the boat h&d to anchor near the South of Gotlancl for sorn~e days, Cn August lt:th the boat reached the Lithuanian coast,on August 17th it took on board 1~ refvgees, - In the good weather the boat could t.av e taken 30-35 peorle. The fact that tile number of the trans~ort"d W8.s so sr;,all was d.ue to a misunderstending, which we v;ill zn;:,ntion as descri __ tive of the situation 0n the other side of the Balti.c.

The Lithuanian,'ll'kirEkx:wa who w .• s given th0 task to go ash'Jre, was here given a letter adatressed to a ,.-ers·~n, who by th{J highest liberation committe and ar.V. !',ad be<on 8.11-0inted the leader of the evacv.G.tion fro!Ii the lithuanic.n coast. This rnan w&s,however on a. journey on another miEsion ccml<1 for this reascm not be c:Jntacted. The ·man w!;o was set asll~re therefor himself wr0te four letters ai1d -sent it to four differ­ent fishermen,who accorC1ing to his l:nowl;:,dge housed intellectuc.l re­fugees, From on o2' the places he haG. written to, the refugees ca£he to the boat on the a1.pointed time, Irl' a.nother 1--lace the letter. was taken for a Gestapo provocation, because the wri tirig -_;,;~per and the envelope were of German make! Noone dared go to the ah ointed _;-l1Jice, In a third "lace the refugees decided to take the- risk: But_ .before they agr:eed they discussed for mhl!y hours, and_tilt:J._refugees, 13 ;oer_sons, arrived at the s.ot an hour after the boat had left.

l7, On ..-.ugust 21st; two ;;;ediwn sized fishing boats,wbich recer.tl,y hc.d fled f:r-om Lithuania, went back for evacuation !H2R",oses, It .was esti­mated tllil t tliese-l\'\lo boats sholilO. -be abl8 to --fa]{e- over lvO -;oersons ;:,r journsy.

After f 0 ur hours 1 journey the- boats had to return. For one of ~theui had_ shortly after the dec:arture from Sli te/Gothmd/ had a fault in the motor. The crew tried to r-efoair the motor, and in ord{Jr not to loose any time the one bi:ib.t :inukx:tnxN:tru!:x:x tugged the other, After some hou.rs, ho· .. ever, it . -roved that the. motor cc-uld not be got in order and both boats therefore retv.rneci; -

On August 22nd, the one medium-sized boElt . gain l;:,ft-· :t'o:r' Lithl.Aania:. -Cn ,i,ugu.st 24th. the toalr was back &.gain with 22 ref'ugees. During the boat's visit near the Lithuanian coast several Soviet li.1:<ssian aircrafts had circled arQlilld it,without attacking it,ho~vever~ On the 'Hay homo they met a German patrolling vess;:,l, but it had quietly p&ss_fiDi than. The crew returned terri:fies by'thei:r' exper-ie1'

1ces,

5. The boat could have tak<=n ab ut 50 :.eople, arw. the fact tlw.t the number of the trans;. orted only wnounted to h lf' of thj_s ilVJitber, was ag-.in due to a misfortmie, A large gr up of r--ft.gees,f'roi!J the l·alanga dist1·ict were on their way to the point of depe"rture near Sventoji

1 but because they took sideways to avoid the German watlbhes by the crossin;:s, they had go11e astray, Thco group was l!Iore tt&n two hours late, :met the boat had already left.

8, On ~ugust 23. the little boat ~galn went out to ~itht.ania, This ti.:.~ tne iea~.5.er of the evacu.ati on oi· t~Le -i thuanio.n side wae i1~i'r.;r:.1t.::u ab::·ut its j r_)ur-ri.ey •

. ;hen the boat, on the eve;,ing of the 24th of Av.g1est1 got over to ti;e

ot.::-:.er sio.e ar.i.d two_ ~uen \':ere to go asllore, i i,. Wb.s dis"c:_'VE:::red that the boat was 3outh of' /;;e;;;el/Klai_ eda/. The incorrect navigation was ac­cordir;,; to the c .-ew, due to the fact tnat tLe co.apass had c;ot in a wrong' posi tio:Q, :l'he [·;oat was steered Na:th so;ue hours al"d later <O.nchore. ror tlle nibht_ - 'Ni thout :;J~•= c_ ·~:w l~n."J·~,j_~~:~~~· ·•r:'-"~.Cr'~ t};:-_:~r nrg2:';_;.,- ~J..lhe next ... orning the.)' discovered tnat they were lying outside ralanga. At about '( a.m. one of t.te crew went ashore at Sventoji, ann in the evenii•t; the boat took on boarc. 2'; LithL<anians,chief'ly intellectuals, This number was considered the JH8.XiH,um, for the wirHi was incre2sing. While these Lithuanians were tak"n ::>£,board, an unlcJ·,ovm rowing boat came ur- to the side of' the beat and t.O.e lJeople on boarci it began crawling on to it. ·:ihen tile crew a ttem,.,ted to turn t.i:J.e:n off tney were answ<Ored: l'hrm•i us ove:rboard, we are not going to 15-et off! It waFJ 13 Lettlanders, who in this w:;y got on board. ·d th )6 refL<gees ami a crew of' 3 the .:_ittlt: coat was quite overloaded,

In 'lrder to keep tne boat above thc, :n.:;d;~g water-line, the crew £1ad to t!,row sui tca.ses ovc,rbcard .• Consequently- some of. the :!refugees arrived onl;; in tJieir clothes and some lost irreplaceable docwr.ents. Ihe deck was crarnrnec· with peo,,;le, and this- is se<_i:'i. to be the reason why t:Ge Swedish ;cember of tiE crew,Ahlstroni, fell o1/er'oo&.ra.-· 'l'b.e atte;;;pts at rescu.e in the stnrmy sea with 4 "ballars" wind, were futile and Ai1lstrom pel'ished leaving beh~.t,d hitn a wife lAnd a f'our-year-0ld child,

I

9. The ::;edium-sized boat left for Lithuania on ,.;,ugust 27th. The next night the boat- was exi>ecteci. -at tb.c-e appointed- place ,-sirice a new landing s_ ot ha6. been decided· on in th-e .r.eantime, Despite the signals were net ans·,rered to, one of the creVJ werit ashore and coll8cted ,so;n 40 peo le, r;f 'HLc:n the most part were LettlandE:rs/ at that tinie large n-atnber of Lettish refugees were staying on the Lithuanian coast/. Th8 de)Carture of the boat was much delayec!, it did not leave till 3 o'clock on Augt.st 29tL. Some hours after the boat had left the storm. b6gai1, and th~ boat ·ai,ich v1as not strongly built,soon beca:riw daJJaged, Because _a t::Jtal shipwreck was possible at any moment, th& crevi ·calleu for help, vrhen a GE:rman boat passed in a Southerly direction. All tl1e people on ·,oard were taken care of and sent to Danzig. 'l'h& bo&t was-left-and sailk

1'he people who wt:re on board were put into compulsory work in Danzig like ordinary refugees. - Among the crew there was ·a fisher;mari who is u.arriec.. and who has a f'amily in Sweden without me&ns, consisting of wife and several small children<;; -

6.

10. The little boat left for its last j our·ney on September lOth, and arrived safely at the Lithuanian coast, 'fkx On<.J of the crew went <;.shore and returned the next night, i.e, Se,Gtember 12th with ubout 30 veo,ole, Cn the G. ot "'here the reft.gees gather<.Jd / the ;;lace which had been decideu ur.on before the boat J.eft Gotlo.ml/ they did not f'intl the boat. ,d'ter three hours of waiting, a search f'or the boat was started in a motorboat, The oc.at was founCi about l km. f-urther South, 'l'he loading of the refugees W8.S

not dor.e before l o'clock, so the departure of tl!e boat was considerably d"'l<:tye,, .

. The boat w&.s hailec. by the Ger,"ans and brought in to Libau. It is re. orted t:mt t;-,e boat was caught in the area ·.vhich was ap~~oit.ted 'for the mw1e1wr&s of the Germun navy. The boat had rrobahly t&.ken to lJortherly a coun:e and had ax on account of t!w delay not been able to get o·.,t of t!-,e &rea ·oefore d.aylight.

The crew and t1le rei'u.gE:es 'l!ere i.a_i.~ri:::crl.e\... just outE:ide liball• ?heiJ tr"atment is Sl<p;~osed to have b8en particularly cn,el. ·Ihe cr&'ll 'll&.s tor­tured by Gestctyo. 'l'he Gest&.~~o even went to the oL. mother of one of the crew,;·.ho live..;. in Lithuania, the repeateli Gesta,jo visits nearly killed her, Gestc,,.o even threatened to burn dovm th.o farm of this wember of the cr·ew. ~ome £;eo,.le ir, Lithuania were also arrested, becaus& letl;en: fro:;: them hhd be._n fottnd v;i th tbe crer:.

B. Journeys made1rorn Litbm.oi:-;

l. Cn August 8th. a small fishing boat v1i th 19 Lithuanian refugees arri vecl a.t Gotland, The boat was to be a transfer v essl to the large boat which was being sent out from Sweuen. '.'ihen ·the latter boat was not found. on hugust 7th, the above mentioned fishing boat continued ::iestward and reacher! the coast of Gotland on the next day.

2, On .<cugust lOth two medium sized fishing boat came to Gotland. with 72 peo~Jle on bo.,.rd, comr;rising 66 Lithuanians and 6 Lettish, The flight cf these two boats had been iBspired by a representative of Lithuania's highest liberation com:ni ttee.

r 3. Cn i.ugust tith the cbairman .of Lithuania's highest liberation coin-m~ttee,dr._.,,Vokietaitis and some 10 other Lithuaniansleft for Gotland. Cn account of some fault in tlie boat, the refugees were captured by a Gern<an boat 'Nil:i.ch brought them in to the he.rbov.r of Libau, The reft.gees were f'Ut in Libau' s big prison, •Hhere they v1ere as late as October 8th. Some ulen- ;icn-tl1e -,VC.C.i-SDIL'-s-.acimini s_trati.on..:.al:'.6 supyos e~i_ t_() __ hav~ said that t,.ese r·efugees •hill be set free <:U::m/ thi:s information dates from the .. :ge-=.. ginning of Octobel(.

4. On the initiative of' dr.A. Vokietaitis there was in the beginning of h.ugt.st org&.lillilzed a flight in three large Lithuanian fishing boats, whilmh v1ere to bring over io Sweden all :tEBxmEUE:X:EXl!li::x:ti.~;t:~~xlll~xx :itx»x:x:a:t:bmxEE=i.:t±.el!!X those who were included in the lists of' the highest liberation com ittee and who were near the Lithuanian coast, iii all With women &.nd children B.bout 160 peo:;;le. - · ·

On August lOth between 8 and 10 a.m., these three boats left the Li tb.uanian coast. Just before th_ last liloat left it wcos shot· at by two Gestapo men,who tried to prevent the flight.

7. fhe shooting was answered from the Lithuanian boat, and t£_e Gesta_po men took cov<Sr behind the sand-hills.

On "'·JUSt lOth around 21, i.e, after about 12 hours journey, one of the boats, "SV, 2" was s tolllle:i by a German mi:ae-svreeper near Gotlanu, ca. ) hours off the island, The mineswear,er was out convoying a hospital shi)J the

113erlin", which was on her way from Swinemiinde to Hic8-• As soon as

the refl;gees from "SV, 2 11, some :;o men, had been taken on board the minesweap­

er, t"ne boat was sunk with all h:.g,o:age, -That which had hap,Jened hadnot been observed by the two other boats, and these met one after t!Je other the rnineswea"cer, All atteill)Jts at :fli:;ht in the last 11tinute were futile, First the boat t"SV,6" &nd lo_ter also the "SV,l" were caught, J,ll the refugees from thG "boats, 110-120 people, VJere taken on board the hoFJpi tal ship "Berlin", From the ;nine-swe.,per two naval soldi:ers were set on board the two boats t:ba t had not been sunk and V.'ere directed in a r,outh-Easifern course.

The crew on "Berlin" are sup osed to have ';een sorry about that w!,ich had ha;.f ened. The fact that there were 3 o many women and children on hoard the two last boats may have 1r.ade a pathetic impression mil the Gern;an naval soldiers. - '!'he refugees were well treated an<i w&re given an arn le c~mnmt of food~-

Grad\_,ally it became known why the: t,,ree boats / vihich h&d hiddei1 all refugees under deck/ had been huntea and caught. According to the ca;_tain on board "Berlin", the German naval units in tile Baltic had received a wireless message. that sa1n" day at 13, saying that some 100 comaluni sti.c sabateurs, agents and paratroopists are on their way from the Lithuanian coast on three fishiug -boats. ·.-/hen the first boat,the"SV,2" was caught,with only mid<ileaged men on board, the wireless message could be x considered correct, thE: captain thought,- The cai. tain on the." Berlin" is SUIJl.osec:. to have regretted that whicil had. ha,cpened.

It should be added tlu t the Gestapo at Sventoji, alarm~ ed Libau iL<mediately after t~e interm~zzo on the boats' dec;.arture, and already at ll.J 0 two submarines and some aircrafts a:;;,:,JeareJ on the Li thminian coast and starteC> the hunt. /l'hese efforts were ,however, fvtile./ - In order to make the search more efficient,the Sventoji Gestapo obviously t.ave re~wrte::r that it was a qc;.estion of. fleeing corrilllu.nists.

'.'ihen tt1e refugees from the t!1ree boats -arrived at Rit;a,the 'r'iehrlnacht u.ade a chert e"amination cf the O\mers of' the b2ats. The main interest of -the examination seemed to te if there were any militaries aill::mg the refuge-es. '.7hen it was fou.nd tr.at 8.11 fhe ref'ugees were civilia.ns, the examinations· were stopred./ Amcmg the refugees there were som Lithuanian soldiers, headed by a &liDC colonel, who haci ker,t watch 1•·hen the boats haCi_ be~n 1oa.cieu ana wa"' thC- last man to go on board, It was these militaries who had ans­wered the shooting of the Gestapo, As som::l as the boats had left tte mili­taries thre·.•; their 'uniforms, their wea,,on and- documents over board, In thl me.nner they became "civilians" with no legitiniationrapers./

In Eiga the refugees were ('laced in the central prison, _From there_ the __ womE women and the childJ'en wer~ sent to .

Germany as ordinary refugees.

8.

The Wehrmucht immediately set free the ola men among the refugees,for instauce one in Lithuania very V!ell-known social democrat,dr,Garmus, f0r::r:er ldnister of Agriculture~Ell!:fx profeasor 3lisonas etc. '.i'he young and middleac;ed men were lwndea over to the ci vilL,n adminstrati ·;n, v/hich has set them to fortification works round Eiga and treated them very badly, _:,_fter soms weeks of slav<= work, also these r ef·c.gees were set free, 'l'h&y r;oturr:e; to Lithuania, there some be.ve rb:;ained, others rus.'re go:r.e to G<::r .•. alJ as r eft-gees. Some few 'llen from thl&s large group have succeeded in getting accr-oss to Sweclen by a ne'.'/ flight on Oc_tohc:r 8th;·

, ... ~. · .'~:.::zc~j;i:~~j~\J;I~!~!i; .... ~,~~~-, _ - name-f ..... · . ·,.-: . · . ·· ·,oomieoti'o $ '

-- 1 • ~;;g~~d~~:Pet'~-~s : .• _.2";_-t-1~94~.·: . ·head of· .. D0~~eboankto;·-!.-~~i~~~~1im . . · hinily . J.

Marija .!,. 28/X-1900 wife 1 :aen_tiSt , .11 2. 3, 4,

Rita '7/IV-H28 datighte gymn,pupil' Rimas I ll/VIII:l933 son . 11 11

5. Kregzde J okubas !. 25/X-1903 .. head oil I Construct. "

1· family 1 emgineer Viktorija 19/III-1912 wife 1 dentist 6

7. " Jone 24/VI-1939 daughterj

8. Janusevicius Petras 1'7/II-1913

9 • II 1 · Stef'anija,l6/X-19~9

10. • . J Violetta ! 7 /V-1942

i 11. Dagiene Matilda: 23/IX-1~'74 12. Dagys Jonas ; 20/IV-1902

13, 14.

15.

16,

Dagys Petras Hiauroniene

lf.atilda Kiauronyte

Anele

" Liuda

• 25/III-;1.904

t 15/VIII-1908 : 10/VII-19!_25. i

).O/VI-1938

17 Placas Juozas 19/III-1910

18 Placiene Marija 5/VI-1913 19.Kazlauskas 22/X-1903

Petras 20 " Zinaida 21. Dapsys Ignas

22/X-1905

:15/V-1915

hr-:ad of' 1 office family clerk

wife housewife daughter

·mother son

"

holisM1ife :Director of !Coriserve factory

Priest

housewife : daughter

;

teacher head ofr I family I

wife ! head of ··I family '

wife

Professor rcye Special,

Doctor ·~hildr,spec,

bachelor · student of Economics

II

" II

II

II

I'

" II

" 22. Dankis Jonas 21/III-1921 bachelor

11 ~edical student 11

23. G·edminas Vacys 1''7 /V-1910 2<-. Calnaris l'ovilas 17/XI-1922 25. Miskinis Antanas 20/I-1899 26. " Elena 10/VI -1904 27, Balvocius Simas. 12/II-1896

28 " ursula '28/XI-1899 29, " Vitalis 28/III-1923 30 11 J,!arija :27/III-1927 31. 11 Danute :28/XI-1930 32, '!izgirdai te )6/VII-1911

Janina 33, J' 1'7/XII-1933

Jadviga 34,Chmeliausk&ene 15/VI-1919

Rozalija 35,Chmeliauskaite 12/IV-1939

Regina-Virgin{ja 36 . 11 ~(IX-1940

37,

38, Rejeris

39,

40. 11

11 II

~~~a~. ~f r-·"·Bxcise officer . ~Y.....-' housewife :head of Miller family

'wife housewife 1 son medical stud, daughter schoolgirl "

II II 11-

spinster

daughter

:wife

" bachelor

head of family wife

housewife

schoolgirl

housewife

farmer and dealer - · fisherman

" "

"

''­Latvian

II

I . ,,

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I

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r I, -

·t. . I

; --'~ -

! 41. 42. 43 •. 44. 45; 46,

EJd• of" falll, . wife

I Latvian

'47. 48, 49, 50 51,

52. 53, 54, 55. 56. 57, 58, 59. 60. 61. 62, 63,

head of ta:m, .:wife

11

II .\~ lf~l .son c.,- r:- 11

II ~i~~:u·~ 1 i~~~gi:i~~ ' da~~~t.er . I 11 1 c .. ::

11 Rudolfas 1 · 20/IX-1941, son 1 i 11

Vindigis Ni·klauw. 30/VI-1903: head of fam.j . 11 , 11

11 Ona \ 19/IV~l907' wife - ; hous-ewife 11 J,!arij a; 2/IV-1930 daughter ':

1

· schoolgirl : II c.Ona i 2/VI-1932 II II ' '

Valdis\ 16/IX-1.942 11 Ka trin~ 8/VI-1936 1

Fogelis IHklaus : 19/XII-192p Lipartas Andriu~ 27/VII-192~ Freimanis Emilis: 10/V-1923 1

:Buberis Mikelis j 4/I-1923 I Andrius 30/VI-1926~

Kikolas My~o1as 2/XII-192 Tubleris Valdis 28/III-192 Henkai tis Jonas 13/XI -19 251 Eleris Jonas, 5/III-18851

!

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son daughter " bachelor fisherman:

" II

II II

II " II " II II

II

schoolboy married farmer

II

II

II

II

II

11

II

II

II

··stanname 1 .... · connection,····.·,··

Su~name 'a~~ "'Ch~iJ 'Da ~~'--j:-'· ·~b.-i.~r-ct-h-. ..c. . .., . .,.. .. -F-a_rn_i_i-';,..· ·'"'~.~..,.·--'· .·""·· 7:,~7:~"',r-~'-f-.~-·:' s-s~i.,.o-ri:-.. '-. "---N"". a"": t-i~. o~alf~;-

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11

- -u~,.." _n_:i._a_n_

4 • J.;:isS II . IT II II

.5, Tamulenas Agriculturisf l!.otiej us

6. Tamul8nas . Kostas

7, lv~rs.Vileisiene: a.l.\rs Klibiene 9. Klibas

10. Iva ssXli bai te ll.lLrsstanciki ene 12 stancikas l3.Sk:udikis 14. Skudiki ene 15. S!cudilci s l63ukukas 1 7. 'u'ruki ene 18 Kukukas

l'harmaceutis;t lwusewife

! student gymn. pupil : housewife istudent

·head of farn,. •fisherman wife 'housewife son

ihead of fam, · wife

son

fisherman housewi.fe

Refugees, arrived on August 18, 11944,

19. !!ucys Vincas 20.Dauksa Juozas 2l.Jocevicius

Antanas

· 6/IV-1901 25/II-1905 26/XII-1896

22.Kleinas Jonas 28/XI-1922 23.BertasiusSimas 16/I-1923 24 Eertasi ute

I'etronele' 25, Saulys Jonas 26. Gedgaudas Kazys 27.Jocevicius

Al:fonsas

;\'/XII-1920 12/X-1918 20/I-lSM 14/II-1924

E8. ,Turevicius Vincasl/I-1894 29 Salomea ~/II-1930 30. ';Iurksas Niklovas 5/I-1922 31, Albuzis Juris· 21/I-1913

!head of famil.boatswain head of famil. bookkeeper

11 11 dea1~r

bachelor .II

unma1·ri ed II

head of :tam. daughter unmarried

"

fisherman workman

:te1ephoni st clerk

workman clerk

fisherman schoolgirl fisherman

tailor

Refugees, arrived on August 28, ,1944, 32.Kazlauskas · 7/IV-1957 head of fam. advocate

Vincas 33. Kazlauskiene 2/VII~l92;3:

Vale 34. Kaz\auskas

· Ignas 15/IV-1902

35 Kazlauskiene 15/IV-1914 Brone

· 36 .Kazlauskai te llij ole

11/I-1938

37 .Vailokai tis , 24/VI-'-1918 Domas

38. Vail olcai ti ene 4/XII- 19 20

wife

head of fain{. judge

wife .teacher

daughter _j ' head of farn. dealer

wi.fe I Antanina .

39. Vailokai tyte. l 22/I -1915 · Vikto;pij~

unmarri'ed·.· .agronorni st I· 40 KiesiJ,ys J:onafj 1/VIII,-'1899

' i. • ·: : ' 41. "'iesyliime j 1/VIII-1898

Olimpija i . . I

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head of fani,l fishing i instructor jhousewife

" Latvian II

Lithuanian

"

" Latvian

Li thuani

"

"

" " II

housewife eleotriC)1!1.n warkma~ . "

" fisherman

II

Li thue.nian ~II • ~-'e-

lf

" " II

II

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-l List ,of the Lithuanian refugees, aJ,'rived in Sweden

_· ----·-----------·---~-~---P-l!. . .§.!!.J21~~l'.~.?.J_~j;j;_, ___ ....:.__• ---~-----'--·--··· Surname Christian . Date of birth

name

l,Stonkus Eenediktas 3/II-1908

2,StonlcieneAntanina · 1/V-1914 3. Stonkus Arvidas 10/IV-1943 4, 11 Donatas 2/XII-1937 5. Purvinskai te 2/1\l-1901

Koste 6. l.:isii1nas Vladas 22/III-1900 7 ,],\isiuniene "l);lze 9/II-1903 8.Misiunaite1Jirginia 16/VI-1935 9. ArD.nas :Balys 4/III-1913

lO.Aruniene Adele 25/VII-1914 ll,Petrauskas Stasys · 14/IX.:.l909 12,Patrauskiene Ona 15/VIII-1912 13. Petrausk:ai te 11/VIII-1939

Laimute 14,Eagdonavicius

P ranas-J uli us 15.Eagdonaviciene

Jone 16. Stonlcus Jonas 17.Sto~~iene Anele 18,KiesiunasAntanas 19. •radarao_s!cas

Juozas 20. Zabulioni s

Uapo1eonas

.5/VI- 1912

.221):.!-1914

3/X-1915 3/VIII-1919 16/VIII-1922 .23/X-1913

11/II-1894

2l.Strikauskas '2/VI-1914 It Eduardas

2?. Statkevicius JceiH slovas

13/VII-1912

Family con­nections

l'rofession Nationality

head of farnil, Ce rtifi ed--~thua~ian ·dairy special.

wife houswife 11

son II

unmarried dairy special.

head cfrfamil.teacher wife oi daughter schoolgirl

head of family officer Wif!)·· .t' bookkeepin:

head of famil,doct,med, wife housewif~

daughter

head of fam,

wife

head of family wife

bachelor

"

surgeon

student

farmer midwife founder­priest

house own~r

head of family teach-er

bachelor stdent

II

II

II

II .II

II

II

II

" II

II

II

II

II

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1 -eA-c_ .

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SG o _ I

s. 100 ' I

. 8 2,.() -

' .J.ob:<._

1 _

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-/q, 25'. 4 s-~,:::.

~ h\-~31,1J'f'l-.

K 0 P E K 0 N T R A K T.

Jag Erik Eklund fi:irsii.ljer harmed min agandes fiskeM.t (storl. 26 • 9,5 tio mAnader gammal) till hr. Algirdas Vokietaitis mot en ki:ipesUmma all t fi:ir all t aT

S E X T U S E N. (6000:-) Kron.or

Utav detta belopp betales(~OOO) TVATUSEN kronor kontant och _______ ----Aterstoden-dA-bAten-skal-1-i:ivertagas.-BAi;en-forbl-i-r-i-min~a;go -+i-Vho--t'l,,.n-----+-----­

ar till fullo betald!if.

EAten leTereras i nu befintligt ~kick med motor och allt ·. i:ivrigt,sAsom ombord befintliga inventarier med undantag av en befintlig

ru.lle :f'"dr ski:i~rna1 Tilken saljaren ager ratt att ilandfi:ira och behAllao

Vi~are fi:irbinder sig saljaren att Tid anfodran proTki:ira motorn mot skalig ersattning under en langre tu.r fi:ir att satta ki:iparen in i motorns ski:ittsel·o

Med denna i:iverenskommelse fi:irklara Ti undertecknade saljare och ki:ipare oss tillfullo ni:ijda.

Visby den 15 juni 1944

Sa.ljare

Ekelunds och Vokietaities egenhandiga namnteckningar bevittna

Kro TVATUSEN (2000:-) kvitteras harmed.

Visby dei115 ju.ni 1944.

··.,.

Kvi tto.

Av Algirdaa Vokietaitis ~ar jag denna dag emott~gi~

kronor Fyratuaen /4.000/

utgarande full likvid far den av ·!Dig tilL }:lonom. ft1rs~lda motorb!l.ten.

Fril.n och med dagen averg~r sRledea !:tgander!itten till blhen till ktlparen,

Visby den 7 juli 1944,

I '

Y~i?f. ofL. '/~A<4· /F.Y.y

.6~ C::~c£2.

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I'J.AN OF THE EVACUATION OF CERTAIN GROUPS OF THE LITHUANIANS,

I. Some introJ_;w L:ive obserl!tations.

~'he evacuation from I,i thuania is more difficult, than from

Latvia and ~stonia,for several reasons:

1. The political, cultural, and economic centres of Li thu­Ania, like Kaunas and Vilnius, the population of which will be evacuated mostly, s.re situated in the middi:e · of the country, about 200 - 300 kilometres from the coast of· the Baltic Sea, Therefore the evacuation is to be organized not only by sea, but by the Lithuanian roads too - from Kaunas and Vilnius, The distance from these cities to the Baltic coast is as long, as the sea route.

2. The sea route between Lithuania and Sweden is longer than that between Sweden and the other Baltic States, the d~stance between the Iithuanian coast and Gotland being l.,bout 200 kilometres. Besides, this route is most uangerous for secret trafic, as-it crosses the German lines to Ilepaya, Ventspils, Riga, Tallinn, and to all the Finnish harbours, Finally this route passes the areas, without fishing zones.

· 3, The I.i thuanian shore is very shallow, its land.ing ,places cannot be used by the full:...laden motor boats and. there., fore cargo is to be despatched from the coast by smaller. boats. · ·-.- -

4, There is only one motor-cutter at the dosposal of the Ii thuanians here. It may be ev_entua],ly used only condi­tioilnally.

5. There is no choice of crew among the .Lithuanian refu­gees in Sweden and only not more than thrt'e men might be used for this yurpose. The crew for the other i:lu> boats should be egaged from among the Latvian and Esto-nian sailors. -

Conclusion. Taking in consideration all these special circum-

stances, the evacuation from Lithuania would require at least twice

more expences, than the evacuation on the same scale from Estonia

or J,atvia,

II. The real possibilities of the evacuation.

This plan has been based on the po~sibHi ties, which are

at the disposal o:f the I<ithuanians here, It-foresees-the trans­

•,orta ti on of certain number of people :from Lithuania -to Sweden,

- 2 -

1, The evacuation would. be orc,anized. and. carried out by a special group of the local secret organizations, being in a close collaboration with the Supreme Committee for the J.iberation of l-ithuania,

All the questions in this matter in Sweden would be completed by two reliable persons, which would collaborate with the J,i thuanian rUni ste.r in Stockholm,

2. The evacuation would be carried. out: a; by motor boats, sent to Lithuania. from Sweden to

bring t\;g__§.WW:il,f)_llj-tfie ··evac-iiii ·fed peopHi\i and. b/ by the Lithuanian fishing boats /cutters/, trans­

porting refug~es to Sweden, and then returning to Lithuani'a.

3. The categories of the Lithuanians, supposed to be evacua­ted to Sweden: first of all, all those, who because of their political activity are threatened by the invaders, then the intellectaul class, and Jews, who may be found and saved, The final decision about the categories of per­sons, who are to be evacuated, their number, and selection would be reserved for the local underground- organizations, joint in the Supreme Committee for the I1 bera ti on of Li thu­ania.

III, The estimate of expences in Sweden.

l. A high-speed motor boat /30-40 knots an hour/ 2. Two big~er fishing boats k 9.000,- cr .. , .

Sw, crovm. 25,000 18.000 ·:4.-8oo 3. six rubber boats /to'Tand/~eoocr~-. ·;-·; .-

4. expences for reparations • , • • . • . . . . . . . . • 5, clothing for the crew, nautical instruments, laD!ps,etG. 6, fuel /for 24 crossings from Sweden to Lithuania and

5.000 6.000

back and for 10 crossings from Lithuania to sweden and back, total34 crossings a650 litres a,3 crowns/-66,300

7. oil /34 crossings a 80 litres = 2.720 litr.a 4 cr.; ... 10.880 8, wages and. premiums for the crew during_ three months,

10 persons a 700 crowns ·Qlontl;i.ly 21.000 9. trips to Gotland and other expences in connection with

$ them 1,8oo· unforeseen expenditures , . . . . • . • . "-'--'-'-=-=--=--=~,.;4,_,.'-'0;,;0'"0;.-

cr. 162.780

10.

Expences in Lithuania.

1. '11hree motor lorries a 2.600 cr. " 7 •. 800 2. two motor cars ~- 2.000 cr. • - 4,000 3, two'motor cycles a 900 cr. • • . . 1,800 4. two bigger fishing-cutters a 4.000 cr. 8.000 5. benzine, naphta, oil ••• , •• , , . • .: 25,000 6. hiring 8 11 ttle boats for 10 transportings a 300 cr .••. 3.000 7. wages and premi urns for the special guar_ding of the transl)or-

ted people and technical servi ~:e5, 000 8. Unforeseen expenditure. • , ••• , • , •• , • , •. , , 15, COO

c,r,.;;.'Z.9. 600 Total crowns 242,380,•

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Situation of the Evacuation Fund

up to September 4th, .1944 •

1. B o a t s·

Paid to Harty Wallin for motorboat "Toni

2, · B o a t o o a p o n e n t s .

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4,

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Paid to Mel ens Jlirnvaruaff!ir /knife/ 11 Hudolf Wennberg /alarm clock/

II n· Magnus Storm /spyglass/

H SJ1arat i o n s of boats and motors,

mater.ials and small utensils for this

Paid to Wahllin & Block A/B II " -~Bolinder-Munktell A/B

II L,M,Ericsson

II National Radiofabrik II II Got lands Konsum

II Slits F!trghandel II Thorvald Carlsson II II G,Blomstrands Cykel & Spor II Hagnar Ekbom

II II Ragilar Ekbom II II Ragnar Ekbom II 9 Ragnar Ekbom

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Transport

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II II Slits Reparationsverkstad 150,98

II II Slits Reparationsverkstad 50,55 979,25

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Of boats, orews eto, 3155,85

6, Provisions for t r i E S /clothing, foo '

medicaments eto, for people on sea/ 648,64

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8, .H o u a i n g of orews 1811,69

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to homlands organization 2044,52

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s a 1 d 0 13 911,58

f .sw.Kr, 50 ooo.--

xj During the. period of three month 11 persons were oooupied

altogether on wages and salaries Supposing, that everyone

of them had been on work. the. who the average_

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Sw,Kr,500,- monthly,

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Nr, tl a m e

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17, Bt!.IlHN!l, Zigurds

18, BELTE, Ernests

19, BU}.!EI 8TEHS,.Ja.nia

20, llELTE, Janis

21,

22, BAl':BAUBHS, Ernests

rmRKovrcS,Aleksandrs

----·--------·----Date of birth Profes<;ion

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l'J21

5.11.1912

6.11,1907

4,11,1907

9,1,1922

20,1•1912

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agricultural worker fisherman

bookkonper

fisherman

stud, mach,

peasant, farmer

timnan

housekeeper

fisherman

fisherman

fisherma.n

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child

child

p.easant , farmer

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27,

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29,

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35,

40,

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BILESl<ALU i;,Jo'ridr.

8IHKMAN Itl,lmdolfs

!lEHNIXS, Valdemars

B:HEK!l, Stofans

:(i;,;RBACH S,Arman ds

CEhllAUHS,Mduards

t:ABBLIS,Oskars

1liMA, Janis

DIDHICH~OliS, Ansi a

DOV1UiiS,Katrine

DOVr~RIS ,Janis

:UOVT•;hiS, Olga

DOVEHIS, Zeltite

i.Ul.WIS, Alfreda

.DUMPIS, !Ulda

41, fDUMPIS 1 Leonhards

46,

47,

48,

DABVNIXKS,Tieinriohs

DI<;Is, Leonarda

DAHigLSOI; S,J anis

EINHimGs,Arnolds

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h'ELDMAN Is, Irma

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Date of birth

22,12,1893

2:-1 .1.19(!1

. 1920

1Sl25

1923

1914

5,5. 1917

22,11,1900

4,3,1905

14,4,1926

6,6.1910

~H.l,l911

27,9.1905

22,6,1909

1909

1921

1919

2_6,3,1'312

Profession

worker

fisherman

building ing.

post~ employee

agricultural worker fisherman

dairy-man

technician

worker

middlesohool teacher fisherman

agricultural worker farmer

filrmer

fisherman

housekeeper _

pupil

farmer

stud, of AcadelliY Of Arts stud, of Academy of Arts fisherman

farmer

steersman

housekeeper

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M,

UULBI::l 1 b'i·lois

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f>'l, Gl:J~lli::l 1 .-U'Jdris

58,

59, Gl,IVAHJ J 30

Anna

60.

61,

64,

66,

67.

68,

69,

72,

Gl\I!H'.i!:LllS 1 Janis

·;oJ~DifAii Td, lie 1 nri ohs

; r;;g ; Alberta

GIZJt~. Ariana

HE!iKHlJZ:<:NS 1 Y••1entinli

HlHKHU7.Et; S1 i:!te:fani ja

Wo;IB ,;HGA, .L.ema H~;M,f~'J'EI!IS, Alfreda

HELMS~EINS 1 ;;fgrida

JAUNUPE 1 Va1demara

J AUIIUPI•: 1 Ado1fs

JANCOYS 1 Karlia

17,12,l'Jl2

4 ,4,1J07

28,9,1901

1'7, '7 ,1'108

10,11,1906

11,7,1920

18,10,1941

6,3, 1914

29,10,1925

4,4, 1913

18,6,1916

28,4.1898

child

child

f'isherman

motorman

olerk

butoher

rai lway-r:Jan

hot,sekeeper

child

middlesohoo1 teacher

!'!sherman -farmer butcher

functionary

housekeeper

architect

dentist

fisher-woman teacher

motor-oar driver

worker

owner of houses

Nr.

74,

75.

76,

77.

78,

79,

80,

81,

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JI\SU>-lAS, Anna

J iiUNUPr:. i':inars

JiU~SOiiS, Janis

n·r:,, Jan is

·'c"\S'l'::l, A lfreds

J.KASTs.rrma

;(A J,'; IlJ 1t, Klauda

83, KADI4IS, Klizubote

84, tiDI~IS, Biruta

85, Y.hAUJ,E, Aina

86, XHAULr:, Ilze

87, KALI1IijS,Velta

88,

89,

91,

92,

93,

94,

95,

96,

K ALN Iij ~ 1 11ai j 11

r.J,A v E, Dauman t s j

.u<:RVIS,l.UJielis

'HAUZE, !manta

KHI.I.l~ELIS, An tor• a

XANBERGS, Alfreda

XRIS'l'I.tl ~.Valdis

KHISTiijS,griks

KRI!lKELS, ~ani s

Date of birth

1906

1901

l'J24

1')08

4,12,1923

16,6• 1922

16,2, 1909

11,7, 1926

27,7.1927

1,10,1915

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Profession

telephone employee head-clerk

fisherman

forester

fisherman

post-master

housekeeper

telephoae employee telephone employee

teacher o:f lingli sh

child

child

stud~c~c., chief of the section agricultural

worker agricultural worker fisherman

fisherman

seller

fisherman

engine-driver

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Hr, ll a m e ])ate of birth Pr·ofession

97, KAR!J::JON S, ~arJiS 25,1,1897 phyoician

90, KAlU,:JOHS, Erni1o 9 .:~ ,1899 merchant

99, KMlKr.n~ ~. Hudc1fs 28,1,1908 fisherman

100, KAHKJ.Iij $, :~elma 18,11,1906 housekeeper

101, KARKJ,IH ~ 1 Arvid s 12,1,1929 pupil

102, ;umas,Kriss 3l,8,BOB fisherman

1o:o. KHEICBURGS, Janis 9,!J. 1898 customer

104, iWJHCBURGS 1 Matilda 20, 5, 1895 housekeepw

105, KAH.L!30NS, Haralda 10,12,1921 student

106, KAliL :JON S, lluta 1924 student

107, Kl\ilLtiONS, Marta 1899 howeekeeper

108, Karkli:lf)ii,Arvids 14,10,1925 shoemaker

109, KAH.~,:JO~I S~Asko1ds 16,1. 1944

110, KAJ,A~S, Otilija 1912 housekeeper

111, Zilii!GSVALDS,Kar lis 1907 farmer

112, KvAVlij~, Augusts 1906 farmer

ll3,f KAI,ASS,Kar1is 1917 motor-oar driver 114, KAI.ASS,Austra 31,8, 1939

115, KREICBJ<:RGS, Janie 24, "· 1864 l'lotory public and

116, KREICBERGS, lJagnija 12,5.-writer

1907 stud, phil;

117, KREICllEHGS, Zigrid!l. 1921 stud•- phil,

118, I.UID!I!AN IS, Arnolds merchant, eoonomist

119, WIDMAIH£ 1 Ern a teaoher of English

·-------·---------

- 6 -

I~ r. N a m e Date of birth Profession

120. I.U IJJLiJHi E, Ligita ohild

121, r.na'!ij1!,Xa.rlis timber merchant

122, 1IEPI.tjll,01ga housekeeper

12;}, J.IEPii'JS,Gune-rs ohild

124. i;IJ:;Piijil, Velta ohild

125, LAUBE~\'i'E, Dzidra

126, T.JA.UHEH':S, Andria child

12?. LEJ]lS, ~ant a

120, Li'~I.tj1!, Aivars ohild

129, LEJI~il,Ojars ohild

130, LAUK11'l'1UHS, lludolf's ::s. fj. 1925 rneohani o

131. LORi-J'lC::!, Osvalds 1,10.190'1 fisherman

132, T .. Al~ D!~~ A.H IS • Vilma 1911 housekeeper

13.: .• J.J.N llMAll IS, V o.1di s 1906 diroctor,clergyma.n

134. J,A;.;DUAli IS ,Ai vars 27,12,1943

13f>. Mip:LSONS, Alfreda tirchiteot;teohnician

136, MIJS_EM10iiE 0f nvira functionary

137. llEi\CI ~. Alfreda railway-man

138. MARTil1SOHS, 1'riois fishermun

139, MArtT IN JOi• s I llikolajs

140, MEZAKS, Peteri s veterinary surgeon

141, 1.\E~AKS, Berta housekeeper

1.\r,

143,

145.

146,

147,

148.

149,

150,

151,

H a m e

lU~~Z .. \Kd, ;\stridu

li.J~7. ,\lt;j ,Juris

IH'l'UJ,E, Anna

l.iUIZlfJEKS, Valentina

t,ilJJr.NBKS, U11lioa

UUJZNIKlS, Valentina

MUJZnrr:Ks, Kira

UJEZiTIS, Smaida

152, IUTHEVICA 1 Elizal>ete

153,

154,

155,

156,

157,

158,

159,

160.

161,

162,

16.~.

!.'A~i'l'H<IEi<.S, Luci ja

;,~AHTIHil~KS, DZerij a

I!Al!j<KHIS, Anna

MAURERIS, Zanis

MAUREIUS, Janis

!.!AU hER IS, Andrej s

OS'l'ROVSKIS, Rudo1fs

OZOLiijS, Teodors

- 7 -

·-----·----

.Date of birth P;ofossion

·-----------------------·----------

22,2, 1893

2fi,12,1890

19,11,1936

12, 3,1912

29, S,l932

1902

i900

22, 3,1944

5, 1,1939

ohild

child

child

housekeeper

utud, ing,

child-­

child

ohild

child

child

machinist

photography employee pupil

-housekeeper

joiner

agricultural worker fisherman

"'.,:.

- 8 -

.N a rn e Date of birth J'rofeosi ort

-----------------------------~------------------------------

164, OWMijS, Aneta

165, ~)~~OIJili~. Aivara

160. Jz;vqiJ~. Gunita

167. <J~OLIJi~, dkaidrite

168, o;,oJ.I~ ~. Janis

169, O?.OI.I!J ~. Vaikla

170, o;;or.r~A, I~lla

171, OZOJ,J4S, Arno

172, OZOnB 1 Anna

173, JZOnK, Guna

174, OZOlm, Anna

175, Ozora, Janis

176, OhOI\E• Marie

177, PLiiliCil:l, Janie

178, PRillCI3, Pauline

1'19. PHill_CI 3 0 gdga.rs

' 180, PETEHSOliS, Janis

181, Pm~P:mrs, Janie

182, PAVI£I.SONS 1 Andrej a

183, PIJ,IPS,' Vilis

184. PAVUJ~S, Valentina

185, PA.Vur,s, Hermine

186, PAVUJ,S, Valentina

26, 1,19];5

23_·. 3,1924

15,12,1919

16,11,1919

17. 4,1905

-1908

1935

honsokeeper

child

child

child

child

child

dentist

child

child

child

child

child

child

fishermart

agricultural­worker child

seamen

farmer

railwi1y-man

agricultural worker diver

pharmacist

- 9 -

Nr, Date of birth

--------·-·----------------187,

188,

18~.

190,

191,

194.

195,

196,

197,

198,

1J9,

200,

201,

202,

zoz.

204,

205,

ii06,

2C7,

208,

209

210,

211,

PAVULS 1 Luila

PUPO~S • J~lza 1910

PtF'OT,s, Augusts 1904

PU"OLS 1 Sigurdo

PUPOLS 1 Aivars

::I ASA, Arnolds

riUDVECHS, l3ertulis

f:Ot:ElH'EI•DS, Oavalds 25, 1.1925 ---'-----·---

HIB tlli S 1 .Zani a

i· . .i<:IllHOLDS 1 Lote

OiEKSTiij s. Ilgvara

RUDZITIS, fGeorgs

BUD;: IT IS, ::lfrida

3Hii¥S, Karlia

::liLiij S, Helene

:lHiij S, Vilnis

'>I1Iij S, D:.~idri a

S!Liij S, J ani a

SADOVSKIS, Janis

SADOVSKA, Auatra

21,

4,

25,

4,

6, 1922

1875

"1878

1926

7, 1907

3, 1903,

3, 1939

·-· -· -- -·--·- -·--·-·------------

l'rofesnion

--------··-------···--------

housekeeper-

fisherman

:fi shcul tu ri st

railwuy-rnun

fisherman

railway commercHul agent · fisherman

fisherman

farmer

merchant

housekeepe1·

motorman

stud, ohem,

typist

child

architebt, technician

bookkeeper

pupil

pupil

child

head-director, economist teacher

Nr.

212.

214,

215,

216.

217.

218,

220,

221,

222.

226,

228•

229.

231.

-~--- ---- -- --~~ ----------- --~-------------~-~'----~--------~~-~-~--

J:i n m e

~>EGIS, Tek'ia

SE:CIS, Tr..li Y-~lldi s

:-;~;cr~1. Andria

~->}>JIS, Skaidrite

SUSOkB, Ivars

ST~AUD~RCS, Xarlis

-f31J.1 HA.DHI~.K~, J~rneBtS

c;ATI.tS, Oto

SESKI s, Vflhe1mine

3E:$KIS, Ausma

d!I.!i IH;;{S,A1berts

s Hili S, 'I alar{ tina

!hmis, J ani a

SULT S, Teo dora

- 10 -

--------·---------~---

Date of lJlrth

____ ... ______ _

14. 6,1890

-3, 9~1905-

:~0.12,1906

5, 5,1907

10.-2,1896

18, :1,1904

15,7,1928

1916

1917

13. 1, 192~

Profession

.fioherman

railway-man fisherman captain of a. merchunt vessel housekeeper

child

ch11d

child

child

child

profea~or of the J,r.ttvian University

-me tali at-

fisherman

farmer

fisherman

_hou aekeeper

pupil

functionary

oana11ization worker

clergyman-.----­bookkeeper sea~ captain

' .;~ .

- 11 -

!ir, ll a m e Date of birth /rofession

234. !lUJ,TS, Pe.uline housekeeper

235. 1\Tli!IUCHS, Vilhelms aeu- ouptain

236, ~T .t;AUCHS, ~elms . .y ..

):!;37. ~THAUCHS, Kariaa

23!3, ~'~EAUCHB, Arija

239. 1ll.!ITS, Elza veterinary surgeon

2'1J, 1lablovsltis • Adolf a 26. o,l909 timber-breaker

241. 6rr~;CHT~, Karli B 1921 canalization worker

242, ~XUCJN S, Ju1ijans 1921 joiner

243, .'UK f. i<:!US ,l.U)S:el is 4. 8,1912 fisherman

;~44. ~!L;:),Karlis 26, 8,Li04 fisherman

24G, TILS, Anna 9,11,1912 housekeepE!r

246, Tl~LEd, Vilhelmine 1914 seamstress

:i47, TUR~lS, :,rij s 1917 student

248. Till~ESS, Janis -i9i2 teohnioian

249, T:':.NES, vnml 2, 1,1937

250, UHGO, ''riks agricultural worker

2f,l. UZPIJ,S, Frio is 1903 fisherman

252, VAJ,DMANE, .'l.ntonija bookkeep-er

253, VAI,DWJlLS,Kri_ss ____ architect

254, VALDMAIHS, Sigurd a pupil

255. WltBULiti, Alfreda turner

256, VEill JJEIUJ-S, Vilis 13. 1,1898 agriou1tura1 worker

Nr,

2:)7.

258.

259,

260,

261,

262,

263.

264,

265.

266,

267,

268,

26_'.),

270,

27l-.

272,

. 273.

274,

- u-

-------------------· N a ~~~ e

VEHIBl>HGS, ,Julija

V "IlllE:lWU, f,idi ja

V~IN1J~·:i1GS, Alfreda

v;nrme:HGS, Vilis

VILCMKIEHS,Kar1is

:s:mr:K:J, Janis

::;IVEi:l1'S, ~'rici s

1. El.lJ A1H S , H:limunds

i~ l~i.lJ Al4 I ti • [[alene

ZEDiJ ~til It>, Ill::e

ZAI,ITid, Harberts

ZALI':'f.-3, Nellija

~I.UE.i(r;;::i, Zariis

~AXS, 1'~mma

~ rs;~D·~f.r .. r s, Arvid.a

~A.!i~_, :av:elis f

ZM<S, Vesma

.;AXS, Brusva1d.i s

Date of birth

12. 3,1893

24,10,1932

18, 2, BOfi

1926

lB98

8,12,1914

1914

1920

1912

l, 4.1932

5, 6,1942

-----'------·-------

Profession

fisherman

:fisherman

fisherman

telephone teohnioian agricultural worker stud, med.,vet,

housekeeper

child

mag, phil,

stud, phil,

engine-driver

housekeeper

agrioul tural worker motorman

Ilr,

1'

2,

·'·

5,

" '. 8,

ll.

12.

12·.

14,

.L'" .c.

16~

17.

18,

19. 20,

22_.

H u rn e iJa te of' birth Profe13slon

.. -~------·~~----...--·--·---·· ----··-·- ----------------------

9AIDIGS, Alaksandre

B-'1 1.(rui;). ..~ri j a .- -~-

ll.:\i.,Oi..;IS, t;nrit~

Bi· . .iL~I~~. Vnldis

f3i.!SDI ;>, l.:Valds

CE!,:/:3, ~'arslu

G Ii~ '_:'E.Z\..i ,i.1odri s

PADELS, Arvide and h-i s--W-ifa -Mar-ta---

'>'l'AKS, t;dgare

STRAUCHS,Vilhelms

17, ?,,19CU

1897

1903

gyrwcologiot

encinoor

houso};eeper

chiltl

fur1ot 1 onr.u·y

funotionar.v fnr•!tor notary publio jurist agr i ctil tnri et

housekeeper

cliild

child

jurist

bookkeeper

wife 01' olergyman

child

child

func t 1 onary

phyaioian

director of _tho ~'orest Department-

jurist

functionary

--------~~--------~-'----~~~~~-

• r .-.~ •

-------------------------------------------·------------ ----------

Nr.

1.

2.

·< '".

4,

5,

G,

7,

8,

9 . ln. 11,

12,

l~S •

14.

15,

16.

17.

18.

19.

20,-

21.

22,

23.

.JJate of lJirth Proreuuion

------------------------·--------------~z.~x:.:N :1 • l'll.Ul!l

All0L8,.Kriste

-.u;; I!J ~ ~ t:dvar•; s

.lhii!J:!;, tlma

,·,;;J! Ll ;;l, Vineta

.-,DLERtl, f!ertulia

"' ;:>iWICS,Harta Emi l1 ju

,\:.mr,;;;,Nriks

;ii3;)f,J:j ::J,J ani s :.rvids

:;.r.:0f,JfJ s, Arnolds

BHAii'~ti, J,uimoni a

lii!,AH a,Kur lis

a I I. A!\ 8, Marta

3!UtiiS, Janis

Dt;HZiij!l, f

Voldelilars

13Ji~H4Iij :1, Irene

BERi:IlJ S, Vairis

SEHuiqS, Kristaps

lhV:DI:J; Voldemara

.?!':l-\ZI~S,Artura_

lm!iZI!JS, Martll

BOHBAI.s, stani slav s

13:'~.1-U~;, Melita

1. z.lJo;:·)

26, 3,19~);,;

l. fi,1Hl

5. 11,1')l(j

4. G,lJ<.;1

27, 9 ,1·JL;

li~. 9, l9~Hj

24,12.19;;!)

12. 5, l'J<)f)

29,11,1930

5. 10.1926

20,ll.l9ll

23,12,1Jo'/

17. 4, 19l1\l

9, 1,191B

;~o. 3,190'1

9, 7 .1'33'1

16, 3,1909

1; 4,1901:)

_.r;. 22,18_132

12, 2,1886

24, 4.1921

fi.sherman.

ohief of tho community fisherman

housokeopo:c

child

transport worker agricultural worker farmer

Dr. med.

pupil

wor%er

police .functionary houaekoeper·

dlreotor

director of -theHter teach-er

middle ilohool

archi teet - iimsioter,t of the Latvian Univ, teaohe·r

- ----~~--- -~~~-

Nr.

24,

26.

27.

28.

29.

30,

31,

33.

37.

39.

40,

42,

43,

44.

45.

46.

47.

48,

ll 11m e

ll~::t::r~ll. Ilga

l!t;";; IJ~ 1l, ~·anni

BEllSIID,Viastura

- 2 -

iJate of birth

6, 1.1009.

110, 1.1944

18. 4,1940

iiLUM~'ELDs, Ilga i\lrna 24. 2,19!J5

llOlUJd, t:ldis

JJORI:::l:.>, l·:ugenija

BDRISS, Niko1aja

BEl\7V>JS, Konro.ds

EAHun~n. Herta

BAHDI)'JS, Ligi ta

flAHDI.?; 1'!, Huta

lh:P LI'l' IJ, /,rtura

CU!1KA, Friais

CIE8A, Janis

CIC!WlOVICS,Pauls

CIE::JA, Dzeai

0TilU1~IS, Auaeklie

Dii.IGA, Janis

DANIL~ONS,Konrada

21.11.1912

9, 1,1942

2, 5,1923

1. 4,1913

17. 8,1915

3, 10,1904

25, 3.1918

g4 .10.1894

28,10,1916

20, 5,1924

n.u.1n5

a. 2,1920

3, 4,1924

16,10,1910

·· .. :

----------------Proi'eesion

-----------·--'-----

student

wife

teacher

employee oi' the post olerk

bookkeeper

teacher

mr.magar or a land estate agricultur~od worker jU:dge of pe_uoe, oompl.Ciniv.

housekeeper ~ mi~dle ~ohool

child

child

bookkeeper, tnmooompl. In at,

i'ieherman

cook

meohunic

manager of a restaurant c

pianist

journalist

of F.nglish

element, school

pupil

eleotr,teohl1ioian

lir,

49,

50.

51.

54.

57,

81,

62,

63,

04,

65,

67,

68,

69,

70,

71,

72,

73,

N a m o

DAVIDS, ;,ndreJs

JIC~lA!HS, Valda

;not,ftU1 I:;J 1 ll:>~intro.

DIC~ANIS, Andrejs

DAVIDSON::l, Aleksundrs

DZ~OUSI9,A1freds

D~ l~GUZ IS, Hilda

D~KGUZ!S, Ruimonde

... UfiKEr..s. i·:lza

DAhK~.h res, Eduard a ,\rturs

DIMIT~HS,Skaldrlte

l,;OT,J\1'i 3 ,Karll a Voldemars

- :~ -

Date of bh~th

26, 0,1902

ZO, 9,192CI

10, 2,191\3

25, 2.1B80

27, 4,1907

12.11.1909

15. 7 ,19?.7

14. 6,1907

1'1, 6,1908

6. 6,. 97·2

21,10,197;6

15,10,1939

4, _5,191.3

22. 3,1920

8, 8,1900

DOLI'·'::IS, Zelma 12,10,1903 Eli?.abete

.vOT,ETIS,Jania Uldia 22• 6,1936

DOLIETI::J 1 Karlis 18, 2,o935 .Arvida

D~)J.r,•::·rs,Valdie Andria 20,10,1942

DZENIS,Hudolfs

Dil.li'Z~~H3, Edgar a

EICHE, Vilis

EICHE, A1ekaandra

23,12,1909

9; 9,1918

29, 6,190~1

17, 7.1905

?rofession

fisherman

fisherman element, ochool

houaeke~;>por, elem,uchool

Child

child

musician, ,juriot

wl:fe

pupil

pupil

farmer

danseuse

surgeon

wife

pupil

pupil

son

forester

opera-musician

docent of~he _ Latvian ·~Unl ver-si ty lecturer of the Latv, Univers.ity

-·------------·--·------·-----··---·----------- --Nr, N !l m e Date of birth Proreaaion

··-----···--·--

74, l•:ICIIE, Inara 16, 7 ,19:~o pupil

75, ~I CHi!~ • Andreas 10, 5,19:'4

76, EICHr; • Imm ts 25. :3 ,l9S9

77. LG.:,E, Pauls 8, 8,1910 fisherman

78, t:GI,E, Alma B2, :.3,1904 houseketlper

79, iWI.:b:, Ainu 16,11,1936

80, 1-:GMi • Gur;ars :Jo,w ,l<Ja5

81. l!~Gl,f>, Karl is 29,11.1905 fisherman 82, J.liGLE.Cerone l'i'. 9,1938

83. EllKURS,Kri s, c. 8,1906 police-of ricer ~clam. school 84, J<;NKUHS, M11lvine 18,10,1905 housekeeper elem,schocil 85, Jill KUliS, Skai dri te 12, 2,1925 co mini ssioner elem,school 86, ENKU!;S, ~anis l, 9,1927 railway elem,simool

worker 87, 1u\fKUH3, A1dons :30,11,1928 pupil 88, c:l'ilW!lS, Vija l0,12,19:H pupil 89, XilY.Uli:o, Indrilj.i s 4. 11,1906 fisherman elem, school t 90, l·:tlKURS 1 JJnc1ja 11, 10 .~1909 e1em, school 91, ill:~KUH5 1 llineta 11.12,19:36 pupil 92, !•J'iKUllS, Jusma ., .o. a,19;;a- child 93, XliKUHS 1 I 1gmurida 27, 9,1942 child 94, loJ:JKURS, -peters--- -1;- -2-~f896- - -fisherman elemi school 95, E!lKURS, Anna 24. 2.1894 housekeeper elem, scho<i. \16, l!:NKURS 1 .Zenija 7. '1,1920 housekeeper elern, school 97. ENKURS, 7.ina 22. 4,1926 bookkeeper elem.schoci. 98. ENKURS. Harijs 9, 11,1927 pupil

Nr.

99.

100.

101.

102.

103,

104,

10f,,

106,

107,

lOB.

109.

110.

111,

112,

113.

114.

115,

116.

117.

118.

119.

120.

121.

122,

123.

t1 u m e

l£1Killl IS 1 Kar 11 e

ELKSi~IS, Peteria

E.LX s.N Is 1 Em a

ELK:ll\I3 1 Helena '

EK~.i.l~ Is, hnna

hlCUN I :l, Irs. V igda

l·:I-:Di,'.l.fi IS 1 0 1ga

1·;:,;;;!AH I:>, Zigrida

I~ SEE VJ\I.DS,Marta

l.!arta E~EH VALlJS 1 l?ri cis

ESEilVALDS, Laimonie

l~ (!;:AN IS, Vilhelms

i~~EliTALS ,A1ekaandre

:·:HD!;!tili I ti, Ij1ri cia

r:ZERI!i !l, f alds

XRDMAN IS, Inara

E!\Ei1TALB 1 Alekae~ e

E!lE.tlTAL::i, Emili ja

JLANKOVSKIS,Juris

FHE!Bl.:HGS, Vilis

b'OGELS, Janis

- 5 -

Date of birth

21,12,1\JOB

14. B.19l'0

12. 2.1905

11. 3,1914

11, 5,1923

12. 1.191~

7, 10.1932

10, 2.1'J:JO

27. 7,192•4

13, 4,1900

21.11,1943

6, 4,1995

17, 6.1928

12. 9.1902

17, 9.1925

14. 1.1901

13, 1,1921

9. 6.1928

l. 10.1912

l,3. 8.1907

23. 1.1908

11. 1.1905

20. 7,1909

u. 9,1912

Profession

agriculturist

chief censor

functionary

bookkeeper

agrioul tural worker wife

pupil

seller

pupil

wife

bookkeeper

student

fisherman

fisherman

meroh.ant

seller

pupil

olerk

daughter

fisherrimn

housekeeper

hairdresser

elora;anhool

eleiu, Bohool

e1em. aohool

uiiddle school

- ---- ------------ ---- - --------------

- 6 -

Nr • 1• u m e llata of birth i'rofassion

···--- ·------·-·-·--·-·------------·----1£4,

125,

126,

127,

128,

129,

130,

131.

132.

134,

135,

136,

137,

138,

13 9,

16,11,1911

E1HIJA, Oakars 25, 1,192:'.

l~REHlAH I:J,Rarlis 24, 4,1909

<'ib:J' S,Julija iU11u 18 •. 8,1907

J;';;E.; S,Gnnta 29, 6,1929

l~RAliCis,aunars 2f>,l0.19ilo

b'iUB:WGS,Rurlis 24. 3,1923

HIBBHG3, Irnunts 20,11.11923

l•'li:':Illc;HGS, Alberts 21, 5,1927

FREii,'AiiiS, Alberta 31,12,1926

l•'hE!i.TJUiiS, l!'rancie 22. 3,1904

GU1'1·MlH c;, Pauls

GUTi:lAHIS, 1-:rna

G.nf'i'l-:IlS, J,igi ta

3. 12.1917

16~ 7~1909

9. 6,1936

140. GOJ,OlWIIS, Helena 19, 8,1915

141, GOL.DMliNIS, A11'reds 25, 5,1939

14.2, GO.L1JMA!HS, Ilga. 12, 4,.1942.

143, GHOS;;>,Junis 11,-~2.1887

144, GHOSS, !.ina 24; 4~1897 145, GRAUDiijS, Arturs 2, 1,1916

146, GHIIH'OGEI,S, Rarlia 5, 9.1899

rnusio teacher

farmer

Conservu -tory elem, !Johool

forost-wutoher elem, echodl

fisherwoman

pupil

pupil

agricultural worker ugriculturai worker agricultural worker fisherman

mechanist

seaman

oand, judge

stud,pharm.

houaekoepe-r

middle-aohool teacher farme-r_

elem, schodl

profession, school

.I.atvian Univerai ty

unlii:OClOillpl, univarsi ty

Nr,

147, GHIVAl~~. Maija

148, GHIVAiiB, Sibilla

14'). GHIVAHS, Berta

150. Gi\IY AilS,'' Xndrej a

151, GHIVAHS, Juris

~- GRIVAhS 0 Marta Kristina

.l51152. CHIV Atl S 0 Valdis

153, GRIYAll 30 Irma

154, Gl\IVA.l'1S1 '-enija_ i,izete

155, OhiVAtl;3 1 A1na Berta

156, GEIVAll :3. nuta

157. G!\IH BimGS, I~Lza

158;, GF.INmmos. Herta I~lJllila

159, G!\INf,OGElJS, Elv:irli

160. GHINPOG1~.Ls. Vaira __

;1.61, GHIN]'OGJtLS, Indra

162, GRIVANS 1 Katrine

163, GRUliTE, !likolaiJ

164, GRUND I S,Arvid s

165, G!\IV All s, Rudolfs _

166, GRIVANS,Aleksandrs

16 7. GRIVANS, Vaiters

16 8, GRINFELDS,Viktors

- 7 -

Ja te of birth

12, 7,1928

19, 9,1890

4, 6,1900

17, 7, 19~13

28, 1,197·2

9, 12,1\!15

20, 3.193&

1'.1, 4.1938

14, 9,1914

1. 1,1939

12, 6,1941

z, .. 12.1')09

17. '7. 1925 v,

25. 6, 1913

12. 6.- H40

29,11,1942

z~o. 9.1889

15,10.1923

12,10.1921

15 .11._1893

14, 9,1906

20, 8,1905

19, 6,1915

I'rofoosion

pupil

e1em, aohoo1 teFlOher olom, school teaohor pupil

pupil

wife

pUf!il

pupil

wife

dentist

daughter

wife

wife

~--------- --~----~-----------

e1eotro-technician

agricultural worker pharmacist

-horticulturist

farmer

fisherman

16\1,

170,

171.

172,

173.

171•.

175,

176,

l77i

178,

179,

180,

181,

182,

183,

184,

185,

186,

187.

188,

189,

190.

191,

192.

193.

• H -

-~------. ---------- ----------~--~ ·--·---·-----

GHUil!'hi,DS, A1vine

Hiifi;s, i{arli.s

fil~Ii\ ~;, :\11nt1

HE I!~ S, Hudo1:fs

I~ .. :...0J .~ urd s i<;lr:Jarn

Il~Dus. Marija

lf.l.lll :;, J~ini s

IlUU3,Ilze

Iii1UJ• Ivars

H.Bh, ~>laksandre

J Al~ !30h S 1 Janis

JUi\J AZ:S, Ruisa

JLii·.JAZ~, I.izote

J U"J AKS 1 Andrls

J A VAJ,DS, i!'ranoi s Vilh,

J Il\Gc:r; :30>\ S ,Janis Bduarda

J AVA1Dl;! ,lleinhards ~

J Al< SOils, ~'ri oi s

J Al~ SOilS • Anna

J All SOils;- v e 1 ta

JAllXIWIC:3 1'Vali ja A11se

JAVAL;;s, Olga

JAVALDS,lUza Lucija

J AliKEV!CS, Pa11la

KAPA, Roberta

Date of birth

22. 0,1B84

2:~. 4.190f>

lf> •. g.l9()U

,1, 2,19:18

:~6. H,l907

1'1. 8.19()4

13, 1,1939

17,12.1910

l, .9.1944

21J. 2,1905

2fl. 3,1891

12. 2.1919

17,12,1888

20. 6,1942

5. 4,1896

7.- 2,1912

13,11,1917

11,12.1906

4, 7,1905

'J. •J. 8,1931

2, }.1,190'1

1:3, 5,1889

16. 3,1922

17.12,1909

9, 11,1')18

f' J·o:fesaion

fi sherwomun

fisherman

wife

painter

artist

farmer

fisherman

farmer

agri ou1 turi at

farmer

farmer

e1a!ll, sohoo1 teacher housekeeper

housekeeper

businesB manager

olerk

----------·

Nr,

194,

195.

196

l9't'.

198,

193,

ll am"'

KAlnil~. r.ucije

;~\J6. r.n.~~c.rs.Ju.nia

207, -~~GI~,Lillija

208. l:(i\A.:i7I.ij!j,lelikss

2Qfj. ~{1\A~->T1~~.~£rifs

21~1. Z.hUJ\~J~S.t:rnesta Ali"reda

211, XJ,l-:IiWFs,Fricia

212, J:L,\PKALN3,A1fons. Ousts

213, KKUM~, Oto

214, KHOHBERG3, Austra Vera

215, iiO!lBERGU, f.ltia

216, KT-.AGIS, Milda

217, KA4~I~~. Marta Helene

218. tiLN I.I'J5, Mierva1d1s

- 9 •

------------------~-··---~-

Uate of llirth

20,12 .BOB

:n. 5,1940

2~~. l,l911i

b YBIUiJ

4 ,y·eurs

i2 yeers

;3. 2,1924

10, 6,1907

:w. 9,1908

23,12.1913

17, ;),l\J09

19, 9,1916.

1, 2,1913

18, 2,ll:l87

26, 2,1'.!08

12, 2;1916

13. 3.191.3

22. 8,1944

5, 5,1925

5. 9,1.922

17, 6,1943

ProfesaiorJ

---·--··----~-----------

engineer

houaekoepe~

merchant

stud, ing.

7'1'eavr·r

hou sekee110r

fish ermilr;

housekeeper

bookkeeper

student

dairy-man

farmer

chief of the

n.ssiatent of the J.11tv. Unl v,

OlQillillCI"!_OO!

olem, s<ih()ol

rdom~ soho ol

olem,sohuo1

r11ilway station business manager

bookkeeper

agricultural worker wife

-·-----------

!lr. .N a m e

219, Kkl;it:P:>,Nina .Mild a

:;2o. f.U.l.lHlS, I. eons

221, ':'HU.\li~ S, Antoni ja

222. i~i<UHIJJS, iJzidrn

223. KHUIHJ;i;'j, Aina ------ -

224, Y.HUlH.ijil, hitn

225. iOlUMI~;j, E1mn

226, ,:,\;j)Wd ,"lura lJzidra

227, "AHMllliGGS, Irllll1

228, ZLAPKALN S,J oohrula

229, K!ll'...PKJL.;:.i~ B, Juris

230, Kr!' ;,1Aj:;t;;, J,iba

231, t.i\Afrr IJJ 5, J;uoija

232, !.Af,nw, Vilis

233, Klf!T:>, Harberts

234, I AAHT,BLI\G;:J, l?ri oi s

235, KARI,Br:.t\GS 1 Gaston s

236, KAf,Jiiti,Karlia

237, l\HUMitJ5, Janie

238, KAi;1'P S,J ani a

239. lWVAL.!JS, r)dgurs

240, ii:ROfllllmG$,Karli s

241. i:AJAKS,Arvids

242, KAJAKS,llerta

243, lAJAK:;, Valda

-- --·----·----~~---~~~~~~~~---

··.-,;

- l(l -

llate of bi.rth Profeauion

-'-----------·-------------8, 9,1922

1. f>,1;JW

25. ;'. ,11198

24 .1<: ,1931

" H,1924 . .. --- --· ~- -- ·-- --

lti. 1,HI27

10, 2,192:~

?0~~ 1,1943

26. B,1ll9B

Valda 2, fi,l9ll

E!2,.ll.l943

1, 5,1B8:1

1'z ""· 9,lll95

28, 7.1'~04

8, 10,1918

16, 6,1398

24. 4,1926

f);. 7,1910

19, 9,1B83

24,1:),1914 ---~- -- -- --

6, :~~1914

19, 6.1911

7; -9.1902

9~ 3;191:1

wiie

fanner

wi.l'e

pupl.l

student

pupil

student

wife

post~iunotionary

wiie

seller

dairy-man

farmer

Elpo theoary

student

fisherman

millAr

joiner

aeaman

functionary

ohild

oommeru.l al aohool

- ~---~--~-~~~~----'-

- 11 ,,..

··---~p--·~--------- ---.·---------·4·---.. -----···--------·---Nr, li u m o Dute of birth Prores.;ion

------------------,--- -------~---·------- .. _.., ______ ·--- _____ _,;_ ___________ ----

245,

24'1,

i~48,

250.

254,

255,

256,

257,

258.

259.

260;

261,

262.

263.

?64,

265,

266,

267,

ij -~~-.A.~S, i~dolfs

LA!l.UOlll"~, Janis

f.ACIS, Y.rista

I.T~KNA• Mn.rceldu

r.n~ Iii;, Osvuld s

'"<TV IiJ S,J ani s

~~~PA,Xnrlis ~lfrnds

--~~\UG T S • Arvi 4a

:,AU(:JI s, Vel ta

LIBI ':TI13, Alma lUza

LIBIXTIJ,Mara

LUDAVIG9,Arnolds

C:.U.IJAVIG~, Julija

f.UDAVIGS,Arvida

I.UDAVIGS; Lilija

child

B. 12,1913 fore star

24, 5,1/18 bookkeepnr

i~:). 3. J. '.102 cornmcroial

highschool eduoatio:• highnohoo1 eduoatiorJ JJtlf;v. \;ni v ~

9. 2,l';)J2

21, 7,1\104

17. o.1nu

?.6, 8,l'JJ.5

2, 9,1917

l(J,l2,.J.9J.5

5, 2,1927

6. 2,1921

16, 3.1944

~~0,10,1897

4., 2,192!'>

2, 4,1U97

16,10,1912

3, 2,1942

6, 7.1911

14, 8,1906

-- ---diroctol' _

telephone employeo farmer

agriculturist

baker

middle Bcbool

electro-taoh~icinn

fisherman

wife

daughter

child

wife

cashier

wife

nurse

daughter

fisherman

housekeeper

chlld

child

e1em,achoo1

alem,achool

:,:.

- 12 -

---·-- -----------·-·-----··-... ------------- --- ---.. ·--·-~- --------.. -..... ___ _ Nr, i.!ll te of bl:rth i'rofensl<lll

--------·-··------·----------·---·-••·----··------·--- •·--..-,._. __ •-•-•·----w-

269,

2/16.

2'/3,

275,.

2'75,

2?7.

273,

27'.).

2uo.

281,

284.

285,

286,

287.

288,

289,

290.

291,

292.

~UUAVIGH, ·Aldonio

:Al:GOLDS, lloriss

f.U!;;:J, Xarli s

;n;l ... ; Brigi ta

:·.' •JIU>, Valdis

f-~OliS,Juris

MOf~!J. Pilda

:.:.e.-:r:;oN :; , Vo !damar s

Ni~<JI.s, Auaeklia

NEGI3, ileilita

lEGIS, Oli ta

NEGI;;,reva

rnr,sons, Velta

/III,sons. leva

IIILSJHS, Inga

14, 6,191;[;

17. 6,1910

6,1919

21.11.1903

Hl,ll,l9:'18

17. 9,1912

24,14.1940

28. 2,1888

16,10,1918

,so. 6,1922

27,12,1902

28, 4,1940

27, 1,1942

31,10,1943

flshermnn clem, school

engineer >ini v. oiluc,,

technicinn student

hospital nurse

timber breaker 2 c1.njddle school

fur:ctionary elam. Hchoo 1

child

child

ohild

forester

ftinotiorw.ry

child

housekeeper

woril:er

housekeeper

artist, rnuaicl1m

df.lnseuse

docent of·the University

middle-school teacher pupil

child

Agricult. Academy middle school

eli'Jrr..sohool

olern, s.choo 1

elem,Hohool

highschool education highschool education

horticulturist middle school

child

child

.ur. l~ a m e

------------

2')4.

295,

;~96.

ZO?.

310.

312,

313 ..

314,

317.

318,

(J;;or,:;,,Jar.i s

O~OLJijB,Aleksnndrs

j:J r s, -'..:l-1 ~o.i:Jete-

<H ci,Ar.ulrej s

CJc:OJ,IJiS,Jnnis Alberts

o~:01s, Vorn

)L.OI,;;, Ifnrlis

"OG Ilj A • t\rma,

PJGI~A,Venta

l''JGI!iS,J okabs

I' Lili r :3, i.!(l.l vine

?AIPALIS,Krr.esta

T>AIPALIS, Zottta

PETROVSKI9, Fricia t

PEDIJj@,Albort s

!JatF· of birth

16, ;?,1914

19, l,l'JO:i

17,W,J.:ll7

10,-lC,Hll

17. l>.l'.l13

:~6. 8,L91CJ

15,10,1922

27, 2,].943

27. 9,1)03

21, 3,1919

29. 9,1919

?8, 1,1916

10. 4,1941

10, 5,1877

r. 4,1878

22, 4,1880

5, 5,1901

B. 2,1912

23, 4,1902

e • 7,1912

~'rofe ssion

____ ._..... ______________________ _

building .. studrmt teohnioVm ohie:f of the highschool IIi uo, Grimirw.l Dept.

agricultural elom,sohool wori:er housekeeper ~lam,school

child

dentist

conductor

musician

wife

kashieir

-teacher

dtdry-man

housekeeper

Institute of l~nglish

-~~ ~ ~- ~~-~~----- -- ------~---------

- ltl ..

--·------~- -·~--~·. --~···- --·- ... ··-·-·--·--------·--~----·------··---··

J.\ r •

319.

;526,

;127.

1132.

334,

335,

337.

338,

340,

341,

342.

i1 a m e Df.;te or birth I>rofensiu11

--·--- ···---·····-·-·-·-·- ·------------------~-------··

PAlmr .. n, l'arsla l~lza

1'1·:·~ Ei·:~;u; J, B ~~~ t r i sa lB. o .1 'Hl l·:egiml

PiiTUAIJ·:n;u;,ta~elia lfl, 'l,l'JC7

!'A ::'1.:1\J.Jill\KJ, Valentine 19,11,1912

7. 8,1%2

H:'.Ill acr,u<>, Gurtars 21,12.1926

i·.EH:UElWJ, Hilda Velta 7, 11,1928

JO::>t:i·:Eaws, !'arlis ~ rlugo liAlJJ.JJS, Llurgrieta

m:rn BJ~!lG s,!Hlda

HODEJ .. IS, J!'ani ja

HPRIN~IS, Karlis

SPRINCIS, Aleksandra

26. 2~1902

23, U,lU\16

26,12,1909

5, 4,1912

19, 7.1':141

10. 6 .192:'5

1, 2,1'325

21, 8,1916

25, 7,1916

cler,..yman

;Judge

po nt~m11 star

telephone employee

~ _ _l2~P_i!_

son

a~augh ter

tea.chor

sister

highschool HdUCHtion

middle school

elect~o-ieohniaian

farmer iJlem. SChO:i 1

dairy-manager

housekeeper

functionary

elem, school toucher bookkeeper

~son

worker

teleph_one employee clerk

farmer

elem. school

unacaomol. middle school

... ,-

- 15 -

-·------------- ·------· ____ , ____ .. ----------·--

Nr, !; n m e .iJate of birth Pro fe'ueion

------------------------------ -----·------------

34~1. .-;rr.r~ s. Konruds 'J • 12,1'301

Z-44, ..iEDT,IlJ 1:1, Augusts 9. ll,19ll

~4!). ..:M; Dli"WS,K.arlis ., .... 9.1n1 Auguats

--346.--- SIGKVS~Mi.e±is--- -16.-1.-Vn4 _

347. ,-;t,U !~IT I:i,J ani s hudol fa 5. 7,1919

348. ,:JL"i~IEH-S,GeOl'BS 4, 8,1917

349, ,,-;:;,, UTH{S,Janis U, 5,1'H 7

3f.l0, J.1'··i:Iiib.~RGd, Zelma 1'' "'• 2,19,)2

351, ,) "i' !!;I a tlhHGS 1 Ievn 7, 1,1937

352. ;:;;,U3Il\~ 1 Valija 26, 1,1921

;)fl3. !:l£N5'~f;Hd 1 Lizete 17, 2,1895

354, ~T-iPHAl~S, 8erta 25, 1,1909

355. JHiiJS, Milda Hcdviga 17; 7,1911

a 56, 3IJ:·~I-~}i.\;3, Dae;rdja 17; 7,1911

M.:":IIfhs, Marija

357. Gun a 29.11,1940

:158. SI~J'.: I E!\S, Maris 4, 6,1942

359, SV!<~i<ri 3, LO te 1. 8,1895

360, i5IhOH~, 'i'eofanija 24,11,1910

361, ~IHOll3 1 Brigita

:%2. Tl!.'P l!'l<:RS, Aldona 6~ 1,1893

363, TE?li'gns, Barbara 6. 11,1931

364, TgPF:l:HS, Jana 28, 9,1'J34

365. rrJ~;p ~'ERti • Aldona 9, 2.1939

366. TEPb'ER;.;, I eva 1. 6,1\lO'/

dairy. manager

conductor

~.·i oherman

_ ___ funoUQ!J.I.ll'Y __

journal! £:tt

j ournali at

mechanist

pharmaoiot

daughter

bookkeeper

seamstress.-

telephone employee wife_

Wife

daughter

son

bookkeeper

houaekeeper

dB:gghter

teacher

pupil

pupil

housekeeper

middie :oohool·

unaccomp1, Latv, Wi:l.v.

li l'.

36'7.

368,

369,

37r).

:n1.

~5 72.

::17~'1.

274.

375,

376,

37?,

378,

379,

380,

381,

._. 8 nf t.: G.

38'3.

384,

385.

386,

387,

3136,

389,

~\10,

- 16 -

·------·-····-·------·----·-------- ····--------·-----

lJute of birth T'rofosot ,Jn

......~- ~ .. ---·---~-~------:.....---~--~-------·-. -· -------·--~---------.

TEP?~tS ' 1lu1ejs

'~' BP i~~gH~ • Arleta

·~}:X Y.H/o.N !;3 1 .\ndrej s

'fi,;IK'.~A;·~ I ~l, ':lzn -----------------

•r iU ,~;<fAll L:l, Andrejs

-.::'!\ L?~:\li IS • :.:adja

'::',\ X~l,liS 1 Mildn

:r\:'l i-:.~ rl:r. ... s. Aunu

1' ~;~ -~~ t~;1 I j • Rarlia

11 !·:'r::hr s, 1i:m

".(I Jf).:Al~ I-B t :K a·r 1 i s

TIJJ.1AN T31 £.,alma

'l'I .f;~.IA.N Is I :agurdo

1' 1~;:~. U'~' :.Ui!,. I J, LLiiju

u;qrs, Heinrichs

UDhi S 1 Junis

UDP.I:>, 1.\ilda Uarija

UPI::ACI s. ErneS_t s Alfreda

VEillBgi<GS 0 Murguri et e

VADZEI.lll BKS, Alfreda

VADZ;•:Mil Ii<JKS 1 Livija

VADZEM.li lEKS ,1\ui j u

VAD<lEM.N mK::;, lt"ara

V trJll~k:J I A.l:l':r~q,·

2H 4 l2 t 19~~3

9~ 5,1930

22, 9. liJ'l'!

19, 7. 191:~

20, H,l~l39

2~' -·· !),i94r.!

11. 8, 19::;;;

21. ~.19~~:~

10, fJ,l914

Z·O, 3,~9u·o

u. 8,1\){),c;

17, 1,El;:,,·.

14, 9,1926

14,11,1911

''" <-.v• 2,1910

24,11,1916

~. 7,1915

14. 8,191(\

3_0. _5,1909

2.4. 1.1914

17. 1,1941

29. 3,1944

. 5, 0 .l::~lil

pupil

pupil

professor of the Lutv, \Jrdv, housekeener

. housekeeper

pupil

fisherman

knitter

son

housekeeper

jurist

_agriculturist

agricul turi at

farmer

steno-typist

functi orl8.ry

houaekeep"r

manag&t' Of all.-eleotrio power- station

..

• 17 •

-------------------··- ···---- ------------------------llr, u 1.1 :n o uate of birth Profession

----------·---------- ·--------·-------·-----··· ..

391, VAHD:;flim(lS, ~an is 28, 2,1\JU?

20. f>,19lf,

24. 1,1924

4, 3.l<J09

--- -20-.--£.-1.010_

396, v~ !,f)_tc~. L:iadonio 4, 1,1942

39'/, VlLC!ijS, A ina 18, 1,1'J27

39tl, v o:h:>~:.:h S,J,rturs ~an is 13. 4 ,1'Jl9

39';1, V!·:I :3:·;, Vi1helms Alb, 28, 9,190t>

400, V lXi,;J.i DB, Tali yald i B 1, 8,1914

4:11, V JZJ.AHDd,Li di j a 8, 7,191B

402, VH:J,i\!US,Juria 21, (),1941

4o:~. V ELAifi:lS,Peteris 15,11,1942

41Yl, ·vAVUJ,S,.I{atrina 4; 10,1864

405, VAVUI,S, Pauline 15,12,1905

405, v;,;;,;.c.ths, Ali se 4, :-1,1915

40•7. V!WAH IS, A1vinl!l 29,11,1914

400, VErJAiHS,Astrida 10, lo 19;38

409, VJ';!.lAii! S ,yarti B " '-'• 1.19·10

410, Vi':HArii a, Li Vi ja 4-. --5.l'H4

411, VIDA:.id,Verona 11,; 2.190!l Apolonija

412, VIDA:J8, Andria 20, 1,1942

413. VIDAoJS,Jania 25, :5,1943

414. V E'2l\A, Irene 25,12.1910

motor- car elom, school driV<"r

·houseketh er · el0rn. uchool

pupil

~trohi t ect

child

farmer

fisherman

surgeon

wi.fn

child

child

wife

housel!et>per

funotiomn·y

aeamat.res s

wife

son

son

wife

l;ie;hec!Jool eduontior; ur.ar:co!rJpl, UiiT'\i. tl-dXJC~-

school

.,.-,:

- 18 -

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-----41R.

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lO:V.t..~uATIOlf OF LATVIAN CII'IZ. S

R E P 0 R T

ON THE SITUATION BY OCTOJ3J~R

1944.

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The systematic evacuation of Lo:~viv.,1 citizens mn.y be considered at

present, at the time o:f vwiting this report, as ilisconti.ntled, Conu.itions pn

the sea and on the Latvian coast are 110\"1 such as to :@recludo S()ndine, boatB

to tho other shore, l'!0\'1 the boats not OJ'I~y come under Gerr1rm fire - such vm.s

the s cate oi' co.ildi tions till uid-September - but e.lso !l.re exposed to aerial

and other u~t_aoke__b~_tE-e Soviets. The locr.tl ::mthorities also lmve aclopted en

extremely tul:CB.vornble attitude tovm.rd ·bhe evaouo:tion aotivtties of lc~te.

It nill, moreover, be rooa:tled that as early as S e:ptembol.' 28, 1944 l!r. Olson

of the Am&rioan war Refugees • Adr.!inistration h2.d roqq.octeO. ·~o · oee.oe all

tl,fi'.ffic !'Ji th vessels :purohUfH'Hl '.'lith the rneeJ1B of the Fund. This l,eQ.uent

has been scrupulously oo;npliad l'ti'Gh,

The totr>.l nunhm.• of 1'e:f11geeo i'l"'Om Le.tvia !:lillDI!!'lts to 3,ti00-4,000,H.o\'l

nany an<1 , .. ho amon{; "!;hom owe their al,rival exclusively to the ovnouation

orc;m1izat:ton 1 hoi'J many of them made fo1· Sv1eden partly m.J a result of the

activities of the Ol'gEll'l.izo.tion and hm•J many_ m•e those who he.ve come entirely

on their orm in:l tiative antl risk_r>.re quostions r1hioh cannot yet be ansrrered,

It is extreney difficult to obtain exact e.nd comprehensive i'ig11res concernin.;l'

--this point since at present the refugees arc soatte1•ed over numerous camps

throughout Srieden, To carry out complete interrogationa while in transit, in

the boats, has been possible only in single ins 'canoes D.nd even_ theJl all per­

sons could not be· listed,

It may, hoVIever, be asse1•teO. that most refugees re:ferred to above wo.tld

not have reached this co,mtry and vmuld have perished at the rwndo oi' tho

RIORADID \JNQbASSlFiED

the oocu,pat1on .POI'I&re ravagirl6 OIU' country but :for the generous aid given

by the United States, Uoreover, the number o:f those who have come here

2.

on their orm in1 tiative ho.Cl. been mnoh smaller if the eve.cuat1on organi:~~ation

had not commenced its o.ot1v1t1ee, As lo.te ao July, 1944 it we.s, llP.nely,

generally l>el.leved in I,o.tvia thnt -l t vms Ci.a!·;i_;.J:r.ous to flee to Sweden

because, it was said, Sweden extradited the refugees to ·l;(w_ oocuput:lon poncr,

!i.'his bolie:i' lm:•f:ely aooountl! i'ol' the :raot t;Jw.t up to than so i'0\'1 Latv:l.c\11

refugeoB collie to :3vreden, I·l; \'/US uot wrl;il ·!;he soco.nd ht>J.f of July D.nd

pal'tioulv.riy in Aue;ust - v;llon tho evacuation O~\,;cm:l.za'.;ion ho.d somewha:i;

.consoliduted- its- l>nso on-M.e othol'- co ant -- thu ·t- -~IWl'e caw;; a --streun oi'-

Latvian ~·ei'agoea who :fled on tiw ir ovm I•isk without having any tlir-nct

co;mcctiuu with the ovncuntion ol·~unizntion Ol' 1t:3 activitieo, Tho first

v1ho, in svl te of' tho strict cOJispire.cy, learned from the orwmize.-~ion •s

a,:;ents that Sweden was not su.rrondel'ing the refUgees were the people

living on 101.nd near tho coast. This o:l.rcumstanoe expil:J.ins, among ot:Jer

things, why, e.t the outset, the groups of ref'ugei'Js arriving on their o1·.1l1

initiative were almoat excllwively composed of coastal residents - mainly

fishel'!llen and fv.rmers i'rom near-by parishes,

Thus, it is no E'lXHggeration to state that the aid given by the

United States alone mado it }yossible 1¥1 eve.ouation of Latvian refugees on a lar{;er sc:fle,

To date VIC have received lists over 740 refUgees arrived during

September 1944. Of this number only 5 percent a1·e peroons who have come

entirely on the~r O\'lll initiative.(It is not known yet who of the refugees

listed are these perao1fs,) Sinoe their number is so sma.ll, n will not be

excluded 1n the following co--lculations, i.e, it will be aasumed that all

740 persons have been taken over to Sweden by the eve.oue.tion organization,

Of these 740 .Persons 188 or 25~4 percent are children and/or: youth

while the number of'. women amounts to 208(28 pere· ent ), · Thus women and children

amotmt to 3%, or 53.5 percent of the tota.r number. There are 344 men; or

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only 46.5 :peraent. Among the !1dulta of bo:th sexes, there o.re 306, or 55.4

pe1•cent :fiohel'l!len, :t.'nmel.'s, '\'iOl'ko:ra, houneholtl aorv('lnts • et oetera; 1>rofeaaors,

a tuden·ts, lawyers, agricul turisto, teachers • archi toots • ;physic irl.llfl, ct cetera

toto.l 246, or 44.6 percent of the total :l.umber of o.dul ts. or only one third,

i.o. 33.1 l)eroent of tho total nwnber of all refaeees.

l.Io.l.e professors, lawyers, archi teo·bs • teachers, phys iaians, stailonts,

et cete1'0. i;qtal 106 or 29.4 IH!lroent of all adults or only 14.3 perr~ent of all

re:fttgeos included in tho enclosed list. Of business men and owners of larger --------- -----

ltl'bflll rot,,l estate onlya few 1!.1'C found among the refugees.

It is not lilcol;y- that this (~enere~ pro]}ortion will change to P.ny sizable

extent even when exhn!lstive information is collected e.bottt all refllgces trans-

ported in one way or another with the means of the evaollfLtion orc;aniza:~iO';•

The refu.geo tre.ffio in September was not mttch easier thtm :l.n J lll.y and

August. Only during a IlOl'iod at t 'B end of July and in the beg:l.nnirl;!; of AtJ.guat

considerable con:fu.sion existed among the ranks of tho Hazi e.Ominiritration,

obviously a rosul t of the first major successes o:r the Soviet ar1ned forces on

Lo.tvian terri tory. Coml:l. tions wore thlls moi'e favorable for the assemble.ge o:f

refugees from d1st£>.nt regions on the· Courland coast. However; the German

administrajion soon recuperated from tile first shook, and the coastal. patrol

service was oven reinforced and made more efficient. It. is trae that at some

places the Germans did not watch too closely boats d0paz-ting :f.rom the Latvian

coast, but, on the other hend, supervision o:f tlie appl'Oac1ws to the coast wari -

made much more close. Conditions on tho sea had considel'ably deteriorate_d.

S·~o1'1!1s were frequent nnd af'ter Estonia •a ocaupation one had to be constantly

on the oatlook not onJ.y at;ainst Germe.n patrol boats, bat also Bolshevik

attack¢s.

To illustrate transportation oondi tiona during September , descript_!ona. _

of' the most cri~c~~-oases of _"the Sep!~ber ~tr!l:f:f'i(J_!ll'_"_ _~£i_!_en be~o_111•_ a/ On SeptemTJer 2~ 1944 a boat l.lails in order to carry to the other

4. aide a nwnhor o:f t. Jr,gan:l.za.tion•s o.genta and_ >arry back a larger nwnlJcr o:t: refugees. The boat is caught in a storm. Tho orew un<l ·l;hc manager o:f. tho evaountion aoti vi·biea in :r.o.tvin malce a narrow escape reachine; tho shore swimmill(~. !.l'he boat is, however, EJho.ttol'!lll to p:looos. The orvw ffi!lnageo to oome bnclc in a oma~l boo.·t( 4 moters in length, 3 HP motor) vth:!oh they ,v,ot hold o:r on tho other BhOl'e• The voyo~-re brucou 30 hours.

b/ On September 10, 1944 v1wthor bo(ot 1eavo£J. Itu orcw .is ccimJ)osod 'of thl•mi men. Ii; hao to hl'in.:; to Sweden people assembled v.t a plr:ce II. iu Latvia. H m­over, nbout 60 m:!leo off aotland the boat_io c:?.ptt!l'od by u Gormnn patroller and, tu.ken to !l'a.Uinn. The cx•ew is imprisoned, Dn•ing tho Bolshevik nttaci:: on Te.U1mf.­thc cl·o~·!, to,'!,ethel' with othel' pl•isonora, mc\nat;es to :free tl~emselves, The~ l',each the h!'.rbor a..>1d escape in their own boe.t, They br•:l.ng over 35 :'·oftt[(ooo, o., ·.:11om 16 Latvians. The l:'olHhovilw :C:lx-o n·;; '<ih0 1J01.1t f.lOmo lu Halvoes, raissing their ma1•1c, howovm.·, ana the boat ro'Gv.rns safe homo, .

c/ On September 14, l944, neo..1• the point H, in Lf'.tv:Le Gcl:>m.~n cu.!'.:r·O.D disoove1• a speeo. liont which lms OO?Jo oloso to tho shore. Tho Gel'll!an p~~trol bout oomr,Jences to hunt_ tho_ boe.t a.mLto i'il•e- at it i'rom-r•!::>.ohilw--gt1.,'7.s,-The- boat OSOapos o\·:f.n{-: to- :its BIXPOl'iO:t' spoe{:, liOI'I01rer, S:ince dUrint; the i'li,'!ht :l.t must olH.u'J.go the course severn]. times, :fuel 1s soon e:x)l8.lWtei!. nncl t:ome 10 m:Ueo oi1' Gotl•md the boat b11eomes Pl'<W oi' ·bhe Vl"\f(U.eo. After s:l.x days • driftiJ1e; the boo.t is oven·I;Lw.lly driven D.{:;o.inst tho Swedish coast.

d/ On September 15, 1944 a boat(30 yearn old, no lwt·tel' io evaiJ.t.ible) is sen·t :forth with 3 mol2 #o · crel'l. Or?. the other mhore it takes onboo.r·d 50 .PO:t'Dons, 1uolud:!.1l,:i' the .P1.'oo:!.fu:l.ut o:f t!le last Latv:l.llJ:l ]?Brlinrnont. Some 15 mUea o:r:r the o '.her eoe,st the llov;i; is ce.ptured by a German xmt:rol boat nn<l teken to Gdyrda. Fottr rmmage to eson.po i_n C'.dynio., lmt the r-est is sent to a conaeutratim c !l.l!lp in Ckm-:wny. · ·

e/ On September l '7, 194.-4 a lm.>[;er boat v1hioh hv.s been sent :f1:ora hel'e is co.ught in a stonn end io vmecked o:ff Oese1 nnd thrown on the shore. 'L'hc motor is seriously dam&.e(cd. Aite1· tvm days' e.t'f'oz>ts ill very hazard(HlS oondi tioru the cl'el'! llltocEJeil.s in I'epniring/the motol:' and the lloat l'etw:ns carrying 250 persons.

These :five 'JXar.llJlos Mequa·l;ely chamctorize the cli:fi'erent dit':l:'icLllt:l.es,

technienJ., r~litil.ry, :PPlit:!.onJ., -1'/eatheJ? and other, which beset the _evacuation in its tlltimate stages.

The condi tiona have been extremely dif't'im.tl t. Iio praise is, tfwre:f'ore 0

too high i'or t~e technical persounel o:f the traffic. Their enterprisea.

magnif'icent courage, dauntlessness. and spirit 6:f sacri:f:'ioe e.lone have made it

pousible to carry out, in Pl'o.otice, the evacuat:l.on action •.

During September and in the beginning o:f October a tote! o:1' 24 peruons

have served as crewe, :for longer or shorte:r· pe:doda. As much as one ·bhlrd, i.e. 8 men have not returned e.nd BI'S missing.

Vli"bh regard to--the-po21ticru. vievn3 -l1eiO.: by- the refugees. whihh have been

evaouatad with the nid of tho ammotmts SlliJIJ11od by the American War Refu.gees •

Relief Afunin.istration little :ts -~o 1Je added to what we have :;-t;a ted .in OUl'

report of Septembel' 4 1 1944. It !'lay, howovo:r·, be so.ld that tho extremely

violent malicious c:)mJ?fti(lll which the lo:rtt!J. Commuuist preos he.D been cax·ryin£J

on of lute ngo.inst tho Dnl t:i.o :t•e:fugoes in general vrl th a v·iow to b:..~r;.nd thorn

as Fascists e-11d Haz:l.s :l.s void of IJ:IJ.y foundatio.n. The soo:l.sJ. strdlls of the

ro:l'ugeas, thoir tl:lBtl':l.1Jtlt:i.on nocox·d:lnt: to sex tu·,tl a1:e fire illeax· evidenee

of hor: tmi'otU1docl are tho at·onoka directed. agdrwt OLU' l'efugeea.

It is ;;iinl'!;iJ.•eJ.y po};uilJlo thnt wnon{\ tho tholts[wdo of' i•ef"tc,t:ees e.rrived

in Swetlen _there may 1)0 - e.nd the_J.·!) __ (lCl''tninly are - iniii vidtml- pnid Nazi -OZ' -

Commtlllist ncents C<ntl oven ptu·clJr OI':i.minal elements• This, however by no

means e?l1 iiisc:t'e:l:l.'G the nmss of the rot'ugeos.

.ftllly holiif.l c:,aoQ.: ·thete I'ef'u;:;eos lli'e both a.u ti-l:~ '~-zis ~1nd ro'.!tU-Cormn:mis ts,

the eve.ot~P.tiou Ol".<:atlizatioil tht• stgtomeut includeo. in ou:r• i'irst report

This is u tsenere..l statement. With z•espeot to Pf!Oplo brouc;ht ovo: by

they, thorough, honent d0mocrBts nnd true f'rieuds of' the United StQ.tes.

~: ·.(

RT~POHT

on I~vacuation Activities d.llrine J-lllle - Altc;ust 1944. ---------------------------------------------------

Already in the seconil half of J.iay the objective political

circwnstances v1ere Sllch as to demand., urgently o.nd. wi thou.t delay,

the starting of evacuation of certain categories oi' the Latvian

_poplllo.tion,

Acc01'dingly, i'ollowing upon an agremnent reached. with the

~+presentative o:t' the American ·),'ar Relief Administration, early

__ in Jlllle all steps were taken with the viev1-to accomplish,- on this

shore as well as on the other, all necessary organizational acquire-

ments, and. to carry on parallelly to this task, as far· as possible,

the evacuation proper,

-.ii thout aws.i tine the acg_uisi tion o:f entirely suited crEJ.:fts for

communicHtion with the other shore - such-acq_uisitioil being very

d.ifficu.l t ov1ing to _d.ii'i'ei'ent reasons, but mainly becaLtse of scarcity

o:f proper types - ilSe V/B.S mad.·e tempoNtl'ely of boats- which were most

easily available, i.e. fishing bo1c~ ts of Latvian citizens who hail

escapeil on them to Sv1eilen previously.

Since Jlllw 12th following exped.i tions to Latvia ne2•e arrangeil,

EJverjjtone, of cou1·se, VIi th different ancl sometimes even quite opposite

results,

1) ~he first trip to Latvia uas :;tarteil on J-lllle 12th 1'1i th the

purpose to establish assembly points for· the refugees and bases for

the boats as well as to- acmomplish other organizational tasks. This

trip was, howeve1·, a failure, as the- boat hail to retu:.:n the same

day because of ilamage to an es-sential part o:f its motor.

2) On June 15th, the motor having been repail•eil; a second trip was

maile for the se.ml'! purpose mentioned above. This time the expedition

REGRADED ~ UNCLASSIFlE'J }/

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\'IUS successful, as it succeeded to set out on the other shore several

liaison agents and other :persons with orge.niz£>.tional tasks, 'rhe

boat returned to its base, although the course had been compar~•.ti vely

di:ffi.cul t especially therefore that the state of' the b<ie.t VTHS by no

means ideal: \'Ihile on sea, the motor v1as to be re:pail•e(l four times,

The task itself ·was also carried out under very difi'icml t cir-

cumstances, The landing fell practically on full daylight and not

far fran\ a vessel of' the coa.ste.l guartl, Fortunately the men and

their" baggage vtere b1·ought to the shore without being noticed by the

coastal guard and were conducted into safety,

3) The next trip took :place on JunG 29th, It WES :planned fol.' J w1e

2'7-th, i.e. tvJO de.ys earlier, but had to be postponed becatlse of slow-

ness of certain l·Jcal administre.ti ve a11thori ties, and this post-

ponement made the trip a failtu•e,

The purpose of' this tr·ip was to fetch several _of the men se·i:;

out on the shore on the :pr-evious trip and ilring :them baclc together

''Ji tb. aboLlt 15 re:f~gees. It was, hoHever, im_pos~;i~le tp c8.r_ry OLlt

this plm1 bece.use of a Bolshevik airraid Vlhich too~: place ovey t-he

other cOf!.st, and s:t about half' an hour's .distance from the--sllor€ the

boat came ·into the firing zone, As ls.nding _in these ch·Cwnstances • waB out of question, the expedition had to -tun1 back, and. after a

delay of 2'7 hours the ,boat reached its base on this shore,

4) On July 12th, at 2 o'clock p.m., a boatwas started again vtith

a three men crevr and three :per·sons for i'JI)ecial tasJcs aboard, The

main :purpose, set for this trip, VI8.S: a) to estG.blish impar-tation of

nens f1·om the other coast regarding a.ot11al_ situation on the .shore,

b) to settle definitely the liroblem of assembly :points for· the refu­

gees, and o) to bring bao;c the liaiso1i men.lef't oii :the shore previous-

ly, as well as refugees,

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This tr·il', too, was IJ.ni'ortLU1t<.tely- a .failtlre, The boat had -long

been stanilinB in the SLUl and \'/HS dried. ll . .fl, About·· 30 .kJ.lometers from

the starting place it commencecl to tE>.ke in vrater which stopyeil the

motor. .After several hours of strenuous en:orts e.s to keep the boat

a:float, the crew, by usi.n,~ lJoth sails e.ua. oars, stwceeu.ed to br·intj

the boat baQk to its base.

5) Having linecl,tlle same c1tw, the boat l'iith sheet iron so as to

make it fit, the crew stEu·ted on a JHlVI trip the next day, i, e, the

13th of ~ uly, Thi.:; trip \'iUS very difficult auil e,ltailed oven a

casualty, Aftel' a fotu• hours course the boat came into a stor·n,

Still,thanlcs to the efficiency of' the chief of the crew, the boe.t

reached the Lntvie.n coast, although some 55 kilot,Jeters 8.siile :I:'r·om

the platEHJtl landing place. On the shore, ho;·1ever, · it came to f'ir lng

betneen the crei'J cui(l the G-erme~n coasts.l gl1.ards, and c.)..thou_gh the

l::!.tte:r r1ere com1Jelled to i'lee 1-- pne man- of' the -ere:·: ·:..-e:~~:\'IOUIHlecl. ·J.:he

t~·to other mer!1bers o:I:' the Cl'ew as- •:rell aS -the three l-iaison-uen SLlC-

ceed.ecl to esce.rJe ana.. to bring into 8a:t'e~y- theil· v8:r:·y-_-ii:UJ(n·ts.ii-G carg_~,

172S f'ouncl by the Germans ~in -the forest· ·and ·arrestecl. il.ccording -. ·j;o

later re-1-orts, al tho1J.gi1 mwonfirmed, he has' bee:n tcdi:en to a hospi t8.l,

The results o:f this trip, as far as o1;ganization · aiE!s are eon-

sidered, uere considerable, :.:or'e or less regular news se1·vice vms

established which is absolutely intlispens8.1JJ.e for systematic ev8.ou-

ation and, in the sa.me time, ,other~-important _or·r;ailizat_ioiial nork was

completed, Thus, thanks to ·ti1ese .Pl'eparafory·'-steps, lhli'ing Aue;,lBt a

rather considerable number of refugees could be broo.ght over-,

6) On August lst, one boat carrying a crev1 o:f t·wo meJl r!B.s star·tecl,

although according to an· urgelit_.•message recei veil from· the other co:c.st ,-

two speed-boats should have bee1i sent over·· to fetch the r;efugees

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wai tin{l on the shore. Yet_, as it rw.Cl. not been succce!led to f'ind anCL

lHu:·chase su.ch boats, a.nd as all the avu.il8.ble ~ishing~ boat.s ~·rere

tmdel·go:inc relJairs, the first best o:f the latter- nas m£•.Cle s.floio.t Et11d

stsrted, This trip was, ·hov,-evcr, a :failure, Off the other- cob.st, the

bout got into a sto;:m. iieP.r thci o~·1ore its motor stop:f'eO.. .;i th breat

clii'fi cul ties the crew theme elves reached the shor•e, ])l).t must abanilon

the boat in the sea, hoping to br·ing it later to Ec s2.fe place and to

repair it, Yet, the coast guards had noticed it 8.ncl took it into the

harbor. 'filis boat must he consiclereo. 8.s lost,

?) On August 6t!1 tr:o boats v:ent out hild retu1•ned on Au.gust 8th with

66 T·efugees, This trip Ylf~S comparatiVely su.ccessful; althOllt;h, ovring

to the coastal Sltppervision, only those rei'ugees 1'/ho nere on the sho1~e

at the very moment oi' the arrival o:t' the boat, COLlld be :fetched,w;1.ile

those who \'!ere 8.ssel!lblecl in the :rarest at a. certa.in distance i·~·om the

co,·.st, had to he left for the next trip,

8) On AU.{lllSt 11th two boats star.teti.. e.g&.in, lmt OY!ing to e. serioLlS

cla.mae;e to r,wtors had to- return to theiY- base.

9) _ :otors having been re:paireit by the crew, both boats _made a re-

newed attempt to :ceach 'the-other- co·as.t:;c, but:-were for·cei'F to return

by ajstoHJJ,

10) On August 19th one boat vrent out, reHched :fortmlP.te1y the other

coast· and returnecl vd. th 58-ref'ugees_,

11) On Au.gLlst 23rd one boat started e.gain ina. brought over- fi'om the

other· coast 60 re:i:'ugee:,__,_

.Jesides, toJcing advantage o:t' the initiative of :pri v<.te :persons

v1ho were arranging the flight on~ the other coast i}y themselves, the

organization Sllcceeded to bring over v/i th their hel:p about 30 persons.

It can be estimated tha·t u.p to Augllst 31st more th8,n 200 persons

were brought over by aid of the Evacuation Fw.id,

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Ov1ing to certaill afuninistrati ve difficlll ties at the landing

places, nl.tar<mteens e·~c., it has been :possible ·bo Gather- definite

information as to their professions etc. only in regard. to 130

persons. Anongst the le.tter· there are o.il?Ut 15;& children and.

29;o adLJ.l t 1'/0c,len. :i'he n1.unbe1• of persons belonging to the intellectual

classes EtnlOLUlts to 301Z.; BJ11D11gst tileJ,l there are l)rof'essors of the

Latvian l.inivBl:-sity and the Jle;r·icLll tural Accademy, sevel'al lutherian

clergymen, ph;y-sicia.ns, architects etc,

As to the J.JOJ.itJev.l n:t'fH'J.o Of the refugees, the :{'act, t_hat they

had been chosen to be sent over by- the Latvian i'T~?.tional Libere.tiOil

Committee, must be tc~;:en E·.S ~.~;unro.ntee, that they are B.ntagonists .. to

the ifazi, and, of coLn·se, to a 1 1 oppress ion , and tlw. ·;; they are

standing foJ:· the victory

itself which embraces Latvian politicians nell known by'their Anglo-

3axon oi·ientt:l.~ion already before. And not the slightest -dou.1Jt c2.n

exist regard.in,;; the attitude of the Latvian ref'ugees in respect to

tlre UJA - it is defini ti veJ.y f'riendly.

:.:ore exact and detailed lists o'f the evs.cuated pel'Sbns shall -be

handed in asfsoon as the llecessax·y iriforma',;ion ;-Jill stand at our

disposal.

At last, it must be stated in l'egard to the evacuation organiz­

ation, that, s i!1Ce A:uglls t 2hd, it _holds in ovmel'Ship· a speed-boat

with two motors, On the other coast __ S('lvera1 heavy lon·ies and light

automobiles, as well as modern alJPliances for neVIs --ser·vic·e stand at

the disposal of the organiZation~'

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