Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mrs. GRAVITIS. I worked 1 year under the communistic government as a
teacher until 1941. Then I was teaching under the German occupation as
a teacher until 1943. Then I came to live with Mr. Mamantov in 1943, in
Riga, which is the Latvian Capital.
Mr. BELIN. Up to 1940, had your husband left Petrograd to move back to
Latvia with you?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. When I came with my daughter to Latvia in 1919, I didn't
go back any more, and my husband joined me in February 1923.
Mr. BELIN. And he stayed until how long? Did he stay with you in Latvia
then, and what happened to him?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. When he came to Latvia, he was a railroad station
manager immediately, or became. And I was a teacher in that town. And
we lived there until 1941, until he was arrested.
Mr. BELIN. Do you know what ever became of him?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. I don't know. Just recently I received a letter from my
sister-in-law and she said that he died in Siberia and didn't know when.
Mr. BELIN. When did you leave Latvia, and where did you go?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. 1944, I went to Germany.
Mr. BELIN. You went with your daughter and son-in-law?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. Yes; and two children.
Mr. BELIN. And your two children?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Your two grandchildren?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Where did you stay in Germany?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. In Bavaria.
Mr. BELIN. In a camp?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. No; not immediately. We were all the time together, and
so we came to Bavaria in October 1944, and stayed in private residences
until August 1945, and at that time we went to DP camp near Guenzburg.
Mr. BELIN. How long did you stay in the DP camp? Until when?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. Four years in--until October of 1949, when we went to
Bremerhaven and proceeded to the United States.
Mr. MAMANTOV. She left 2 weeks ahead of us because her name started
with "G".
Mr. BELIN. Where did you go in the United States when you got here?
Where have you lived since you have come here?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. In New York City.
Mr. BELIN. How long did you live in New York, and where have you lived
since then?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. Approximately 1-1/2 or 2. However, we left New York
February 28, 1952.
Mr. BELIN. And you came to----
Mrs. GRAVITIS. To Post, Tex.
Mr. BELIN. Is that near Dallas?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. 325 miles west of Dallas.
Mr. BELIN. How long did you stay in Post, Tex.?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. I am sorry, Brownfield, which is 38 miles north of Post.
Mr. BELIN. Where have you lived in Texas since then?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. Quite a few places, because I don't remember the small
towns. Brownfield, Lubbock, and again Brownfield.
Mr. BELIN. Since you have come to Texas, have you always lived with
your daughter and son-in-law?
Mrs. GRAVITIS. Yes.
Mr. BELIN [to Mr. Mamantov]. So in your deposition, I would assume
then, Mr. Mamantov, what you said, I would find the places you have
lived in Texas?
Mr. MAMANTOV. That's correct.
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