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Cemetery in Magadan: This is a typical scene in the cemetery in Magadan, much fencing around the graves with
overgrowth. Old tires are set ablaze to thaw the ground to dig graves during the winter. The red Soviet star in
the photo depicts a former Soviet party or government official. (Nov 07.)
At right, one of Magadan's main streets in November 2007 during a snowfall.
Sr. Jean Marie is visiting Maria in photo below. Maria, raised in the Ukraine, was arrested with most of her
family when the Soviets came to their family farm after World War II to enforce collectivization. Her family resisted
the collectivization, causing their arrests. She escaped into the forest with other prisoners. The men who were
captured with her were shot and she was sent to Magadan to serve time in Stalin's gulags. Sr. Jean Marie is holding
a photo of one of Maria's daughters who died. Maria has happy memories of receiving America's Lend Lease packages
during World War II.
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