Survivorship and the Eastern exile
Estonian women's life narratives of the 1941 and 1949 Siberian deportations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11264652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tiina Kirss (University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-38 |
| Publication date | 2005-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Baltic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-9778 • E-ISSN: 1751-7877 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01629770400000221 |
| OpenAlex | W2014681886 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 1 |
The spring and summer of 1941 were full of agitation and fear. Unexplainable events took place. On the 13th of June 1941 there were no cars on the roads; it was strangely quiet. Early the next morning I was awakened by the roar of a truck at the gate of our neighbour's house. I looked out — soldiers surrounded the truck. About a half hour later the owner of the house, August Tilk, emerged with his wife, carrying bundles wrapped in bedsheets. The deportations had begun; fear of death pervaded the town. No one knew who would be next, or where to hide. The unfortunate ones were rounded up in Viljandi behind a barbed wire fence. A few days later their journey into the unknown began
Ancient history · Art · Fence (mathematics · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Wife · Engineering · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |