Death by malnutrition and exposure claimed many during the long journey. Many more died in the frozen wasteland of Siberia from disease. mistreatment. or outright execution. In 1941. almost 100.000 Baltic peoples were deported. roughly over 30.000 from each of the three nationalities. By the end of 1949. a total of 850.000 or more than 10 percent of the population of these three nations had suffered this fate at the hands of the Soviet Government. Through years of physical deprivation. religious persecution. the brutal excesses which took place during the third week of June. 40 years ago. are so abominable that they stand out as "days of terror" during a time when terror was often a daily companion.
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