Marija writing her dissertation about burial rites during this time. Lithuanian uprising takes place. 25 members of Marija's family disappear in June. Marija escapes to Kanus to hide. On June 22nd Germany attacks Russia.
Underground movement becomes very active, Germany occupies Lithuania.
1943 Birth of first daughter, Danute. She is allergic to breast milk 1944, Soviet army defeats Germany and occupies Lithuania. Dissertation under one arm and baby under the other, she leaves her Mother on the shore sick with the flu, fleeing on the Nemunas River on a raft. They take a train to Vienna where they meet other refugees, and then to Innsbruch Austria, where Jurgis gets some work in a factory until it is bombed. They escape over the mountains by bicycle and arrive in the farm country of Germany.