I think that Edek Lipinski was my mother's brother who died exactly as Michael Kulik wrote. Mr Kulik stated that there were five members to the family of his cousins. Edek's sister's names were Eugenia and Wladyslawa. The boys' names were Edek, Zygmunt, and Mietek. My mother, Eugenia Lipinski Stankiewicz was born in Rowne Wolyn, Osada Halerowa. Her parents were Wladyslaw and Stanislawa Lipinski. February 10, 1940, the coldest day of the year, was the day that the Russians came in to their house at gunpoint while everyone was sleeping. The family members were told to get up and get ready because they "were leaving." They had no time to pack and were only able to put on what they could find which was very little. They were transported by sled to an awaiting cattle car train. Even though Edek was too sick to be moved he nonetheless wanted to be with the family and go wherever they went. He died on route (just the way Mr. Kulik described). The family ended up in Archengelsk, Siberia where their fate awaited them. Mietek escaped but was shot in the back. However, he still swam across river and somehow survived. My mother survived as well as her brother, Zygmunt and sister, Wladyslawa. Her mother was thought to have died during the deportation from Siberia because the mother was separated from the rest of the family due to sickness. Babci could not go any farther. The Russian soldiers would not let my mother take her with her. They traveled to Persia, Tehran, India, and finally to the United States where my mother and her sister ended up in Salem, Massachusetts with the family who brought them over through the help of the American Red Cross, (I think). My grandfather and his two sons were in the military service. One uncle relocated himself in England and the other in California while my grandfather ended up in Chicago, Illinois. My mother is still alive as well as her sister.