Topics addressed:

childhood before deportation (1930s); Aleksandra Kowalska-Sira (mother); first mass deportation (February 10, 1940); the course of the deportation; Talmyenka (Altai Krai); indoctrination in the boarding school; child labour; illnesses; Anders’ Army (1941); 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Warsaw Infantry Division / Berling’s Army (1943); assistance to other *Sybiraks* after returning to Poland; sharing memories of the deportation with the family; visit to the site of her childhood; impact of the mother’s experiences on the daughter’s life; post-memory