One of the peoples living within the "prison of the nations"--U.S.S.R.--ss slaves. are the Crimean Turks. In 1941. during the German occupation the Crimean Turks formed voluntary legions and fought against the Communists to protect their religious freedom relatively granted. and to prepare the way to the prophesied future political freedom of their people. The Soviets. being the enemies of freedom. deported the Crimean Turks to Siberia and central Asia in the summer of 1944. The North Caucasian Moslems. who had been removed from their lands for the same reason as the Crimeans. were allowed to return to their countries later. But the Crimean Turks were deprived of this right because of the strategical importance of their homeland. the Crimean peninsula.
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