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How Icek and Sarah got to Brazil

Icek (with Sarah and the first child Luis (Lejzor Pinkus)) started the journey in Munich.
They got in Paris visa for stop in Brazil.

Luis (Lejzor Pinkus) was born in Badgastein Austria.
When his parent got to Costa Rice, they registered him as if he was born in Costa Rica.
- In Costa Rica, like in the US, those who are born there get citizenship automatically.
- Chalo (Haim) hypothesis:
  - They probably wanted to have strong legal connection to Costa Rica.
  - And also might have wanted to help themselves get citizenship (If their son is a ciziten, it'll help them).

Sarah told Chalo (Haim):
- They spend all the war time in Siberia and then came back to Europe through the countries to the south of Russia (She said several times to Chalo (Haim) about passing through Kavkaz countries).
- They never came back to Poland, because in the border someone told they: "There is nothing left to see in Poland, do not come back. If you didn't die in Siberia, you will die seeing what happened in Poland."
What we found:
- Document of Icek of deportation to Russia, but not to Siberia. It indicates Kalchug in Archangels.
- The document indicates that the deportation is only until 1941.
What do we think:
- They did spend the time Siberia, because they came back through the Kavkaz. You do not to go through the Kazkaz if you are in Archangels.
- The Russians probably moved them to Siberia at some point. And the Russians didn't release them on 1941, but kept them working throughout the entire war.
- They probably did return the Poland, but maybe not to Lodz or Ostrowiec.
  - Because they are listed in Osnosob in the list of survivers.
  - And we found another document of returned Polish, where it's indicated they are heading to Lodz.
  - Another document that they are in Ukraine.