Now. 6 years later. matters have only worsened for the inhabitants of Latvia. Lithuania. and Estonia. Natives of these regions continue to be deported to all parts of Russia in the Soviets effort to liquidate their cultural identity. Freedom continues to be denied to the people of the Baltic states. and Balts around the world decry Soviet domination of their compatriots? who have remained in their homelands. June is a particularly historic month for the Baltic people. for it was in June of 1940 that the Soviets overcame Latvia. Lithuania. and Estonia by force. and a year laterin June of 1941the massive deportations to slave and labor camps in Siberia began. Later that same month. Lithuania succeeded in regaining its independence. though the free government lasted only 6 weeks before the Nazis overran the new nation.
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