Commander Komorov asked Lina to be a spy.

Lina signed her letter to Papa as Grandma Altai, as a clue to help him figure out their location.

Mr. Stalas, the bald man, is sharing a hut with Andrius and his mother.

Commander Komorov has offered preferential treatment to Mother if she agrees to be a spy or translator.

There is a village with a store and post office within walking distance of the work camp.

Kretzsky, the blond officer, helps the women out of the pit.

Mr. Stalas, the bald man, secretly steals beets for Lina's family.

Andrius and his mother have agreed to be translators for Commander Komorov.

The NKVD is trying to get the Lithuanians to sign a document sentencing them to twenty-five years of hard labor.

A man is killed for writing a letter and drawing a diagram of the camp.

The gray-haired man was a lawyer in Lithuania.

Most people signed the document on the first night.

Andrius and his mother share their extra food with Lina and the other Lithuanians.

The food ration that is earned is equal to three hundred grams of bread.

Lina decided to hide her drawings in a hole she dug under their hut.

Andrius and his mother are living in the NKVD building.

The grouchy woman eventually signs the document sentencing her and her daughters to 25 years of hard labor.

Lina volunteers to draw a map for the NKVD.

Kretzsky beats Lina with a club after she draws the map.