Have worked on some more on the family history book. This
is what we would call a denunciation document. It declared, after an
investigation, that my great uncle, Jakob Gerk, was a "Kulak" from a
"Kulak" family, and listed the evidence...my great-grandfather,
Jakob's father, was complicit in anti-soviet activities, he had land, they had
about 5 people working for them, and Jakob was regularly writing my grandfather
in Canada. Under socialism, where all people were to be equal...some were more
equal than others. Basically our family were labelled "enemies of the
people". Jakob was also involved in some of the insurrections against
Soviet power. Shortly after this document was created, my great-uncle was
arrested for stealing grain to feed his children. He was sent to prison, and,
in 1941, sent to the Chelyabmetallurgstroy camp were he died within just a few
short weeks.
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