Bankaka, Pa Numa Bantwala ku Siberia

Ine na Alma twalilongele utupe twesu ninshi natuteka ne mitima, e lyo twalyako ne fya kulya. Ba KGB balipapile, kabili batwebele abati, “No kulilako iyo. Mwikele fye mulelya.” Na ifwe twabaswike atuti, “Uko tuleya e ko nomba twakulashimikila abantu, tatwishibe ilyo tukalyapo ifya kulya na kabili.” Nasendele ubulangeti bwatikama, naisabilamo insokoshi ne fya kufwala ku minwe. Ilyo papitile imyeshi iingi mu cifungo, mu August 1951, ine na baNte bambi abena Estonia, batutwele ku Siberia.c

Ukufuma mu Estonia batutwele ku Russia mwi shitima ku musumba wa Leningrad (nomba ni St. Petersburg), ukufuma uko batutwele ku nkambi shabipisha isha mu Vorkuta, ku Komi, ukwatalala icine cine. Mwi bumba lyesu mwali baNte batatu. Ilyo nali ku sukulu nalisambilileko icina Russia kabili naleesha ukulanda ulu lulimi ukufuma fye ilyo banjikete. E ico, ilyo twalefika muli ishi nkambi ninshi ndalanda icina Russia bwino bwino fye.

Mu Vorkuta twakumenye umukashana umwina Ukraine uwasangwike Nte ninshi ali mu nkambi ya baNazi ku Poland. Mu 1945 ena na baNte bambi 14 bababikile mu cibwato ico abena Germany balefwaya ukubuunshisha pali bemba wa Baltic Sea. Lelo ico cibwato califikile fye bwino ku Denmark. Ilyo abwelele ku Russia, balimwikete pa mulandu wa kushimikila, bamutwele ku Vorkuta, kabili kulya aletukoselesha sana mu cifungo.

Twasangile na banakashi bambi babili, abaipwishe mu lulimi lwa ku Ukraine abati, “Bushe nani muno Nte ya kwa Yehova?” Ilyo fye twaumfwile ifi, twalishibe no kwishiba ukuti ni bamunyinefwe Abena Kristu! Baletukoselesha kabili baletusunga bwino. Abafungwa bambi balelanda abati cali kwati twalikwete balupwa abalelolela ukutupokelela nga twafika fye.

Ku kupwa kwa ba1950, na muli ba1960 na ba1970, baNte abo batwele ku fifungo fya kutali, balebwela ku Estonia. Ku kupwa kwa ba1980, baNte balicilile 700 mu Estonia.