▁were ▁then ▁sh ipped ▁by ▁boat ▁down ▁the ▁River ▁Vol ga ▁to ▁a ▁former ▁horse ▁farm ▁now ▁converted ▁into ▁a ▁g ul ag ▁at ▁A stra k han ; ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁Lat v ian ' s ▁were ▁sh ipped ▁by ▁train ▁further ▁into ▁Si ber ia . ▁After ▁a ▁long ▁march ▁during ▁which ▁they ▁were ▁st oned ▁by ▁the ▁local ▁population , ▁by ▁late ▁August ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁Bre ik š s ▁was ▁resident ▁in ▁the ▁A stra k han ▁Khan ▁Palace ▁Pr ison , ▁with ▁his ▁b unk ▁mate ▁B ister s . ▁The ▁two ▁adjacent ▁cam ps ▁were ▁run ▁on ▁star v ation ▁r ations ▁and ▁full ▁of ▁disease , ▁including ▁d ys ent ery . ▁Al ong ▁with ▁the ▁national ists ▁the ▁Soviet ▁gu ards ▁shot ▁their ▁fellow ▁Lat v ian ▁intellect uals : ▁Ern ests ▁Br ast i ņ š ; ▁Aleks and rs ▁Gr ī ns ; ▁Ar ved s ▁V alt es ▁Av ots ; ▁Hugo ▁Hel man is ; ▁Andre js ▁Kam pe ; ▁K ā rl is ▁Kra u ze . ▁By ▁Aut umn ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁only ▁ 5 0 ▁ske leton - like ▁people ▁remained . ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁Bre ik š s ▁and ▁B ister s ▁were ▁transferred ▁by ▁rail ▁with ▁Russian ▁prisoners . ▁As ▁the ▁We hr macht ▁under ▁Case ▁Blue ▁had ▁broken ▁through ▁towards ▁St aling rad , ▁many ▁prisoners ▁were ▁moved ▁deeper ▁and ▁further ▁north ▁into