Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 14 ga Yuni 1941
, An kori Vanaga zuwa Krasnoyarsk Oblast na Siberia tare da danta mai shekaru takwas Alnis. An raba mijinta, Aleksandrs, da iyalinsa kuma aka tura shi zuwa sansanin Gulag a Urals, inda aka kashe shi a shekara ta 1942. Ta koma Latvia da Soviet ta mamaye a shekara ta 1957. Ta yi aiki a matsayin makiyayi a cikin kolhoz a kusa da Cēsis, inda ta fara tattara tarihin gida, labaru, takardu, da hotuna.