Lloid,
in most cases the deportees weren't informed about the reason for their deportation.
There are a lot of speculations about the purpose, during Stalin regime lots of
different people were deported to Siberia, partly probably to get rid of certain kind
of people from the populated areas of european SU, possibly also to get enough people to Siberia
as work force for constructions there, etc. One reason could be the idea to remove German speaking people
from western areas (in case a war with Germany was expected).
The reasons you mentioned could be - I really don't know and my parents didn't either.
Alex
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> Von: Lloyd Marksamer <longbeachlloyd_at_gmail.com>
> An: alexander rosner <alexanderrosner_at_yahoo.de>
> CC: Czernowitz Genealogy and History <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>; M. Goldberger <marina778_at_bezeqint.net>
> Gesendet: 16:49 Mittwoch, 12.August 2015
> Betreff: Re: [Cz-L] Siberia
>
> --001a1134fa9c7bf927051d1e54eb
> What was the purpose of the deportations?
> Was it some kind of punishment or for re-education, or to do legitimate
> labor needed out in rural areas? Did the Soviets believe the deportees were
> dangerous to the communist society?
> Were the deportees sent there with the idea that they would never return?
> Lloyd
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