In April 1940 Maria Dzikowska, along with her children: Wanda, J\u00f3zef and Hubert were taken to Lobanovo (a village in Kazakhstan). Maria\u2019s husband was arrested and send to a labor camp in Mariinsk. The family met in 1943 and returned to Poland three years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the items, that Dzikowscy took with them to Kazakhstan, was a zither bought by Edward Dzikowski in 1914 in Wien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOne of the soldiers, telling lies, said to my mum: >>Your husband is waiting for you in a freight car.<< That made my sister, to put a zither into a basket. Because of its shape, the instrument didn\u2019t take much space in the basket. After the years it was a family heirloom.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
from J\u00f3zef Dzikowski\u2019s memoirs<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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