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Anna P., "OST-Arbeiter" (Eastern worker) in agriculture

Anna P., Marina Gorka 2005

• Born in 1929 in the village of Bor, Belarus (former Soviet Union)
• She was attending the fifth grade when the school was closed after the German invasion in 1941.
• In the early morning of January 10^th, 1943 the Germans surrounded the village of Bor and carried off all young people to forced labor.
• Anna and her sister had to work for farmers in two neighboring villages near Linz (Austria). Anna was treated relatively well on the farm.
• Liberated by American troops on May 5^th, 1945
• Returns home on August 12th, 1945
• From 1945 to 1972, Anna P. worked on a kolkhoz (collective farm).
• Two marriages, two children
• In 1972, moves to the small town of Marina Gorka near Minsk
• Kitchen aid in a restaurant until retiring in 1992

Anna P.’s work card, Linz 1943

Interview Data:

• Audio interview in Russian
• Interviewed on August 18th, 2005 by Alexander Dalhouski (RWTH Aachen)
• Interview duration:  3:30 hours
• Transcription; translation not yet available
• Subset: "Belarus – RWTH Aachen"