European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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we had to do anything, load the wood for the Germans, offer help by lending the horse, carriage and a worker.
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So we did not make any money.
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We had to steal wood from our own forest,
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some dry trees we used to cut down and take to Vilnius where we sold it to make some money.
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Beginning of the German-Soviet war, hiding refugees
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I was walking many kilometrers along the river Neris, which flowed a few kilometers from us.
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I went to one household, where a worker was – Mr. Joseph – he had a home farm as he got married with a rich lady Lachowiczówna.
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They took care of me and again I had a place to live.
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I helped Mrs. Lechowiczówna in the garden.
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After three, maybe four days we heard bombarding as if from Vilnius.
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Nobody wanted to leave this farm house as everyone was scared and did not know what the Soviets would do.
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First, we could see explosions, there were lights so that they could see at night where to bomb
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and we could hear boom, boom, boom, the noise from tanks and armoured vehicles.
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This farm house was situated between two main routes - one leading to the east, and the Batory`s route.
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We could see that both routes were filled by the army.
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What? The war broke out? We had no clue what happened.
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At some moment we heard shots and everything froze.
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All tanks stopped,
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I guess it was a kind of signal that when the Germans were coming, the Russians were supposed to stop.
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It took two, maybe three days, it is hard to say.
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