Cika wannan jumla:
14 Yuni 1941, an kori Vanaga zuwa Krasnoyarsk Oblast na Siberia tare da ɗanta 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.