Mr.  Kersten.  From  whom?

Mr.  Rastikis.  That  was  in  1946  or  1947 ;  I  can't  remember  exactly,
1946  or  1947.
Mr.  Kersten.  Yes.
]\Ir.  Rastikis.  At  that  time  two  men  from  the  Russian  NKVD  came
to  our  DP  camp

Mr.  Kersten.  Were  you  in  the  American  Zone?

Mr.  Rastikis.  Yes.  Two  men  came  to  our  DP  camp,  to  me  and
to  my  wife  they  brought  3  letters  from  my  old  daughter  and  6  pictures

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of  my  daughters  and  my  wife's  mother  in  Siberia  and  they  persuaded
me  and  my  wife  to  come  back  to  the  Soviet  Union

Mr.  Kersten.  You  mean  they  tried  to  persuade  you  ?

Mr.  Rastikia,  Yes;  to  come  back  to  Litliuania.  The  letters  from
my  daughter,  one  letter  was  from  Siberia ;  the  second  one  was  from
Lithuania  already.     I  cannot  believe  whether  it  was  or  not.
Mr.  Kersten.  From  the  writing  on  it,  it  was-

Mr.  Rastikis.  Yes;  from  the  writing.  And  the  daughter  asked
me  in  the  name  of  another  sister,  because  the  third  one  was  already
dead  in  Siberia,  and  in  the  name  of  my  wife's  mother,  that  we  must
go  back ;  we  have  to  live  in  the  Soviet  Union  and  in  some  places  of
these  letters  I  believe  they  were  not  written  by  my  daughter  but  were
dictated.
Mr.  Kersten.  Do  you  have  those  letters  with  you  ?

Mr.  Rastikis.  I  have  them  with  me ;  yes,  sir.
Mr.  Kersten.  Would  you  show  them  to  me,  please?

Mr.  Rastikis.  Yes ;  I  can.     Here  are  three  of  them.
