After World War II, a lot of people took refuge in other countries. Most of them were looking forward to coming back to their native country.

The feeling of nostalgia was familiar to the Tsitsishvili family, who had emigrated 25 years earlier. They asked for permission to return home.

The dream was fulfilled in 1947. The father with his daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren stepped back into their native land.

Their happiness did not last long. On December 4, 1951 the three members of the family were put in prison and charged with betrayal, charging them with the overthrow of the existing system and organizing activities. Simon Tsitsishvili and his family members appeared to be unacceptable figures in the Soviet System.

Simon Tsitsishvili was born in 1886 in Qareli region in one of the families of the Aristocracy. He was well-educated for that time and became an engineer-geologist. His family and his origins had great influence on Svimon’s way of thinking. He had been a supporter of the Menshevik Government and an active member of the Social-Federalists party since 1906.

In 1920 he was offered a job abroad from petroleum entrepreneurs. In 1921 Tsitsishvili left for France and signed a contract with a petroleum society. He did research in the Caucasus on petrolium exploration and extraction. Meanwhile Georgia was controlled by the 11th Bolshevik army. Tsitsishvili had to stay in Paris.

Georgians in Paris pushed for an independent Georgia. Tsitsishvili had close relationship with Noe Jordnia, Evgeni Gegechkori, Akaki Chkhenkeli, Noe Tsintsadze, Pridon Tsulukidze, Archil Gomarteli, Mikhail Kedia, Aleksndre Shonia, George Kereselidze, Archil Dadiani and other emigrants.

In 1924 Georgians established the organization “Tetri (White) George” The active members of the organization were Tsitsishvili and Kereselidze.

As soon as World War II had broken out, Tsitsishvili moved to Germany and participated actively in establishing a “Georgian national Committee.”

Svimon Tsitsishvili’s collaborators were his daughter Helen Tsitsishvili-Lortkipanidze and son-in-law- Irakli Lortkipanidze.

Their anti-Soviet activity during exile was not beyond the “Cheka.” After having arrived in Georgia, their activities were disclosed.

The Soviet law enforcement agencies reached a verdict of “guilty” for the patriots of Georgia. Svimon Tsitsishvili was sentenced to death. Irakli Lortkipanidze was sentenced to 25 years in prison and Helen Tsitsishvili was sentenced to 10 years in prison.