I was only in my mid - teens at the time. Soon, all physically fit men from our village were drafted into the Soviet army. But the Witnesses refused to compromise their neutrality.
Pēc kāda laika visus fiziski veselos vīriešus no mūsu ciema iesauca Padomju armijā, un, tā kā Jehovas liecinieki nelokāmi turējās pie kristīgās neitralitātes, viņi tika notiesāti uz desmit gadiem.