Prie Skrundos stoties 1949 metais slapta nufotografuotas tremties ešelonas
1949 m. kovo 25 d. Skrundos mokinys Elmaras Heniņš matė, kaip buvo išvežti jo klasės draugai. Jis pasiėmė fotoaparatą ir užlipo ant netoliese esančios kalvos pušyno, kad užfiksuotų, kas vyksta, vėliau nuotraukas paslėpė.
Rašytojas ir publicistas Artūrs Heniņš prisimena tokį epizodą apie 1949 m. kovo įvykius:
Tačiau kambaryje esu liudininkas atšiauraus tėvo ir brolio pokalbio.
- Kur tu buvai?
− Stotys pušyse.
- Ko tu ten ieškojai?
– Nufotografavau traukinį.
- Kodėl tu turėjai tai padaryti?
– Ten buvo nuvežti mano klasės draugai Herbertas ir Vilma.
- Norėjai ir mus pasiimti?
6 klasės mokinys įvykio vietoje Skrundos stotyje tėvo fotoaparatu buvo nufotografavęs itin retą fotoreportažą, kuris iki šių dienų išliko laiko niokojamo filme.
Artūrs Heniņš, Jauna Gaita nr. 191, 1993 m. kovo mėn
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Cattle wagon used for deportations – museum at Skrunda train station
To commemorate the deportations of June 1941 and March 1949, a memorial stone and a four-axle wagon, which also serves as the museum dedicated to deportations, was erected at the Skrunda railway station. This is the first wagon-type museum in Latvia that holds a permanent exhibit of photos, letters, memoirs, documents and various items made by the people deported from the Skrunda station. Skrunda station was a location where deportees were gathered, and one of the three stations in the region to which people from the Skrunda and the Kuldīga area were brought. In 1941, the family of the first President of the restored Republic of Latvia, Guntis Ulmanis, was deported from here to Krasnoyarsk Krai in Siberia.
With the help of deportations, the Soviets dealt with supporters of the national partizans’ and at the same time intimidated the remaining rural population, forcing them to join the collective farms.
Stende railway station in narrow gauge railway network and the memorial stone for deportations
The railway line Ventspils - Mazirbe, as well as the Stende - Dundaga extension to Mazirbe with a branch to Pitrags, were intended only for strategic military needs. During the construction of these lines, and afterwards, all civilians were evacuated from the region. The main task of the military railways in the Irbe Strait area was to provide the German army's coastal defence positions with guns and ammunition.
These military-only military railways also connected the three most important lighthouses, located in Oviši, Mikeltornis and Šlītere.
Nevertheless, passenger transport was also provided as early as the years of World War I.
A memorial stone (1989) to the deported Latvians of 1941 and 1949 is located at the Stende railway station.
On 30 October 1919, Stende railway station was occupied by Bermont troops. On 17 November, soldiers of the Latvian army led by K. Šnēbergs attacked the station, driving away a wagon with weapons, war materials and grain. 6 soldiers were awarded the Order of the Order for these battles: K. Bumovskis (1891-1976), P. Strautiņš (1883-1969), R. Plotnieks (1891-1965), E. Jansons (1894-1977).
