June 14 Commemoration Day of Victims of Communist Terror

June 14 Commemoration Day of Victims of Communist Terror

Soviet Mass Deportations of 1941
Soviet oppression of the Latvian nation is carried out individually and collectively.
The first mass deportation takes place on 13–14 June 1941 when 15,443 people (~0.80% of the population) are arrested during the night and deported in cattle cars to distant regions of the Soviet Union.
Fathers are separated from their families and transported to Gulag camps. Many of them are tried for “counterrevolutionary crimes” supposedly committed during Latvia’s independence. Mothers, their children, and the elderly are resettled in Siberian where cold and famine prevail.

On this Commemoration Day, we invite you to visit the Museum's Exhibition for FREE.

REMEMBER YOUR OWN!
In commemorating the first mass deportation of people from Latvia on 14 June 1941, we invite you to donate and immortalize the memory of family members, friends or loved ones. By making a donation in memory of a specific person, the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia will take care to preserve that memory and honor the name of the person remembered.
We are grateful for every donation, REMEMBERING OUR OWN and supporting what is important, telling the world together and not letting ourselves forget.
At the moment, donations are needed most for creating the “Svešo varai spītējot”(“Defying Foreign Power”) monument, to remind the public in Latvia and abroad of Latvia's resistance to the Soviet occupation and deportations. 

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