Mr. Rankin. Did you get along well with your grandparents?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, I was their favorite.
Mr. Rankin. Did you get along with your stepfather?
Mrs. Oswald. No. I was not a good child. I was too fresh with him.
Mr. Rankin. Did your mother and your stepfather move to Zguritsa?
Mrs. Oswald. That is in Moldavia, where we lived. That is after the war. It was a very good life there. They still had some kulaks, a lot of food, and we lived very well.
After the war, people lived there pretty well, but they were dekulakized subsequently.
By the way, I don't understand all of that, because these people worked with their own hands all their lives. I was very sorry when I heard that everything had been taken away from them and they had been sent somewhere to Siberia where after living in the south it would be very cold.
Mr. Rankin. Did your mother have any occupation?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, laboratory assistant—I said that.