Hi, Thanks for the many responses. I copied the Russian text, which google translates as "Verdict: cannabilization." Приговор = Verdict Раскулачивание= cannibalization Hopefully the Russian will come through on my posting. Here is a name and the Memorial webpage address of one of those supposedly sentenced to "cannabilization." *Yablokov Arkhip S.* http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Flists.memo.ru%2Findex30.htm I know he is not German, that is not the point. There was a group of six who in 1930 or 1931 were subject to the same "verdict. E.g., · *Eytvid Alexei Fedorovich * Родился в 1902 г., д. Львов Двор Чагодощенский р-н Вологодская обл.; русские; Проживал: Вологодская обл., Чагодощенский р-н, Львов Двор. Born in 1902, d. Lions Yard Chagoda rn Vologda region.; Russian; Lived: Vologdaregion., Chagoda district, Lviv yard. Приговорен: ЧАГОДОЩЕНСКИЙ РИК в 1931 г., обв.: Постановление ЦИК и СНК СССР от 01.02 1930. Verdict: Chagoda RIC in 1931, the EFA.: Decision of the CEC and the CPC of the USSR from 1.2 in 1930. Приговор: раскулачивание Реабилитирован 28 марта 1995 г. УВД Вологодской обл. Verdict: cannibalization Rehabilitated March 28, 1995 ATC Vologda region. *Источник: УВД Вологодской обл. Source: Department of Internal Affairs of the Vologda region. * If the Russian does not post in Russian, contact me. Bill Pickelhaupt