April 23, 2012

Related by Marriage: Change of Plans

When Mr. Irene's Dad was growing up, the family planned for him to take over the duties of running the family farm. After Mr. Irene's Dad fled the 1944 Soviet occupation of Lithuania, his mother, Veronica, instead relied on an unrelated Farm Manager to oversee the property—and the collectivization of the farming operation.


Near Panevėžys, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Winter 1964. The Farm Manager of the homestead of Mr. Irene's Dad prepares to go hunting. He's standing near the farm's well.

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