Mr. Speaker. on June 14 of this year. we celebrate Baltic Freedom Day. the anniversary of the terrible deportations of 1941 when thousands of Estonians. Latvians. and Lithuanians were shipped by Stalin to Siberian exile. and for many. to their deaths. On the night of June 14. 1941 alone. more than 60.000 persons were loaded into cattle cars and shipped to labor camps in Siberia. For years since. Baltic Freedom Day could only be openly celebrated in the West. Under the yoke of communism. the people of Estonia. Latvia. and Lithuania could only share Baltic Freedom Day with us in their hearts.
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