This blatant act of aggression by the Communist regime of Joseph Stalin brought to a tragic end the independence and prosperity which Lithuanians. Latvians. and Estonians had fought so bravely to attain. On the evening of June 14. 1941. the Soviets began a massive deportation program which sent hundreds of thousands of Baltic people to the Gulags where many perished. Between 1944 and 1949. more than 600.000 Lithuanians. Latvians. and Estonians were forcibly deported to Siberia. The Soviets have pursued a brutal policy of Russification designed to strip the Baltic people of their religious. cultural. and historical heritage. Since the unlawful incorporation of the Baltic Republics. an illegal act which the United States has never recognized. the freedomloving people of Lithuania.
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