Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Iye akaberekerwa muKaunas uye akadzidza pachikoro chechikadzi chemuno. Pashure pokubatwa kweLithuania neSoviet Union, mhuri yacho yakadzingwa mumhirizhonga yokutanga
kwakaitika 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.