Katarina Meister created a selection of snacks together with cafe Kegel, which were inspired by Siberian flavours. Edible plants that grew wild in Siberia, such as pine nuts and bird cherries, were important for the deportees and those who were children at the time remember eating the stamens of peonies and chewing larch sap in the spring. Our sense of taste is strongly connected to eating and survival.
 
We used hemp seeds and bird cherry flour in the biscuit batter that the bakers at Kegel poured into contemporary moulds. As an accompaniment, we offered the famous Ivan chai or fermented fireweed tea. 
 
Batik textiles produced by Anne Kaljas covered the tables of the cafe depicting representations of the vibrant Siberian landscape.
 
63 train wagons left Keila train station on 29 March 1949 with 1,380 people, of whom 663 were women and 420 children. The destinations of the journey, which lasted more than two weeks, were the train stations of Cherepanovo and Suzunsk among others in Novosibirsk Oblast.
 
Our programme included hanging a sign bearing the name “Cherepanovo” on the Keila train station building and planting a Novosibirsk bird cherry tree next to the train station building.