His maternal grand-parents and parents before deportation, 1930
© Rimgaudas Ruzgys A happy childhood: playing in his native countryside
© Rimgaudas Ruzgys A happy childhood: playing in his native countryside
© Rimgaudas Ruzgyz Rimgaudas’s mother (right) with her sister before deportation
© Rimgaudas Ruzgys Rimgaudas Ruzgys (right) and his brother in front of the house where they were born, <br/> before deportatio
© Rimgaudas Ruzgys Class 4 (Year 4) certificate, his only year of schooling in deportation
© Rimgaudas Ruzgyz Employment record book, showing that he started work at the age of 11 in 1948
© Rimgaudas Ruzgys Rimgaudas takes a break at work
© Rimgaudas Ruzgys Rimgaudas Ruzgys playing the accordion in deportation
© Rimgaudas Ruzgyz The Ruzgys family in Novoilyinsk, their last residence in Siberia, 1958
© Rimgaudas Ruzgyz