The first wave of deportations of the night of June 13, 1941 has been insufficiently documented because a large part of the then documents were destroyed during the war, historian Ion Varta stated in the talk show “Moldova live” on the public TV channel Moldova 1, IPN reports.
According to the historian, unlike the first wave, the other two large waves, of July 1949 and April 1951, are described in detail. “We could continue the documentation in the archives of the Russian Federation, but it has been rumored that the archives are being destroyed,” stated Ion Varta.
The historian said many of the deported persons ultimately didn’t manage to recover the equivalent of the goods of which they were dispossessed. Some signed so-called expropriation documents, but were actually robbed. “A part returned to the native places, but could not recover the houses build by working honestly,” stated Ion Varta.
Valentina Sturza, head of the Association of Former Deportees and Political Detainees, said over 8,000 former deportees and political detainees are now alive. This year they managed to obtain an increase of 300 lei to the annual allowance from which these benefit. This way each of the former deportees will get by 1,000 lei as of this July. “It’s a pity that the Government didn’t find more money,” stated Valentina Sturza.
She also said that over 6,000 lei was allocated from the state budget for building the Deportees Museum, but this is too small for all the existing exhibits.
Over 22,000 persons were deported on the night of June 13, 1941.
