The Soviet occupation was brutal. Those who served in the military. the government. or who were members of the educated elite were subject to arrest and sent into labor camps or to exile in Siberia. For example. some 30.000 members of the Lithuanian intelligentsia were deported to Siberia on the night of June 14. 1941. and 5.000 political prisoners were executed when the Soviet forces hastily retreated under German attack. Death from malnutrition. exposure. and disease claimed thousands more during this perilous year. It is estimated that 100.000 Baltic people were forced to emigrate during the Soviet occupation which lasted only 8 days. On June 22. 1941. the Nazis. entered the Baltic region and began a similar form of repression. During their 3year occupation. the Nazis succeeded in executing or placing into labor camps all Baltic people of Jewish descent.
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