The political murders in

Estonia

the President of the Republic of Estonia Konstantin Päts

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Konsantin Päts as Soviet prisoner

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Johannes Vares Barbarus

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Johannes Vares Barbarus as a young boy

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J. Barbarus during world war I

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J. Vares Barbarus on his way to Moscow in 1940

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The Lubergs on the steps of their house in the summer of 1939 where they were deported from on 14 June 1941.

7000 people arrested annually

6350 of them died

10 205 were arrested and deported durind the first massive deportation.

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The Tomasson family before deportation in Tallinn.

2819 men

539 return as invalids

12 women

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A family deported during March Deportation in 1949

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Krasnoyarsk Krai in the middle of Siberia, April 8, 1949. Estonian deportees have ended their week-long journey in cattle wagons.

Lasted for 2 days

20 702 people were deported from Estonia

94 779 people were deported from the Baltic countries

Typical clay hut giving shelter to Estonians deported to Siberia.

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