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Today we commemorate the victims of Soviet genocide.
During the early years of Soviet occupation, in particular June 14th of 1941, Soviet Union carried out mass deportations of tens of thousands of citizens of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia (commonly known as the Baltic states)
These people had done no crime and in many cases had shown no resistance. The deportations were targeted on specific social groups that could potentially be a threat to Soviet regime such as poets, teachers, successful farmers, business owners, politicians or anyone who was performing above average and could potentially be considered the intelligence of the nations.
And not just specific people were deported, but entire families. Children were picked up at schools without prior notice, mothers with infants were taken away from homes with no chance to prepare for the unknown trip to Siberia or other distant parts of the Soviet Union.
People were put on cattle trucks and sent away, with no food or medicine. Infants and even adults died on the far road to the unknown.
Those who survived had to live far away from everything they ever knew with no rights to return. Many ended their lives in labor camps, prisons or remote settlements.
In place of the deported, an organised resettlement of people from other parts of the Soviet Union began. People from other countries were moved to the Baltic States, taking place of those removed in an attempt to blend the nations together and creating the "Soviet nation". The ultimate goal was to eradicate any sentiment of the "old" nations and suppress any resistance possible.
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