Basic freedoms are soon crushed and every attempt at wiping out the individuality of the conquered people is attempted. Mr. Speaker. it is clear that the American Estonian. Latvian. and Lithuanian communities are strong voices for freedom in their former homelands and other oppressed nations around the world. Genocide Day honors the millions of brave people in the Baltic States who have died. been imprisoned or exiled from their homelands by the Soviet Union. It has been estimated that following the brutal takeover by Russia. an estimated 300.000 Lithuanians were deported to a certain death in Siberian labor camps. We must never forget the plight of our brothers in Estonia. Latvia. and Lithuania.
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