Soviet forces occupied the neutral and sovereign countries of Latvia. Lithuania. and Estonia. While their occupation lasted only a week. the Soviets succeeded in deporting virtually everyone who had connections with the military. governmert. or who were members of the educated elite. On the night of June 14. some 30.000 members of the Lithuanian intelligentsia were forcibly deported to Siberia. 5.000 more were summarily executed. The Soviet occupation combined with the 3V2year Nazi occupation resulted in the displacement or death of 850.000 Baltic peoples and reduced the combined population by almost 10 percent. The end of World War II did not end the nightmare of the Baltic peoples.
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