Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akaberekerwa muKaunas uye akadzidza pachikoro chevasikana chemunharaunda iyoyo. Pashure pokubatwa kweLithuania neSoviet, mhuri yacho yakadzingwa mu
dutu rokutanga rokudzingwa rakaitika muna June 1941. Baba vaDalia vakaparadzaniswa nevamwe vose vomumhuri ndokufa muUral. Dalia, amai vake, uye mukoma wake vakatanga kuendeswa kunharaunda yeAltai, vakazoendeswa kuTrofimovsk (), chitsuwa chevasungwa chiri mumupata weRwizi rwaLena kure neArctic Circle. Vakawanda vevakadzingwa vakafa nechando nenzara.