After his sentencing, his wife and son returned to Kumrovec, where they were looked after by sympathetic locals, but then one day they suddenly left without explanation and returned to the Soviet Union.
Efter hans dom vendte hans kone og søn tilbage til Kumrovec, hvor de blev hjulpet af sympatiserende landsbyboere, men en dag forsvandt de tilsyneladende uden et ord og vendte tilbage til Sovjetunionen.