In the middle of 1940. these countries were occupied by the Red army. and then made part of the Soviet Union. Within the next year Soviet authorities rounded up all those suspected of opposing communism. by the hundreds of thousands. and exiled them to the distant corners of the Soviet Union. This mass deportation of innocent peoples was the beginning of their tragedy. and today. more than two decades later. we do not know of their fate. It is probable that most of them died in exile and misery. far away from their beloved homelands in the Baltics. In observing the anniversary of their deportation. we condemn this inhuman act of the Soviet Government and pray for the souls of these helpless but brave people. Soviet Conquest of the Baltic Republics of Estonia. Latvia. and Lithuania
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