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During the mass deportations, the Soviets deported more than 42,000 people from the territory of Latvia to Siberia, some of whom died on the way.

At 13:00, the politically repressed people of Liepāja will travel by bus with young people to Tore station to honor the victims of repression at 14:00 at the place where the journey of pain and torment began for the people of Liepāja.

The Chairman of the Liepāja City Council, Gunārs Ansiņš, will speak at the memorial event in Tore. At the same time, the Liepāja Politically Repressed Club will be represented by its Chairman, Ilgvars Šēns.

On 26 March at 17:00, a new interactive exhibition on the tragic events of the Second World War in Liepāja and its surroundings will be opened at the Liepāja Occupation Museum at 7/9 K. Ukstiņa Street as part of the Communism Genocide Victims Commemoration Day events. The museum devotes ample space to the two deportations.

On 14 June 1941, the Soviet occupation authorities deported 15 424 people from Latvia, 1 371 of whom were from Liepāja and its surroundings. Similarly, the deportations of 25 March 1949 have also cut a deep wound in the history of Latvia and the Latvian people in the 20th century.

More than 10,000 families were suddenly uprooted from their homes in the early hours of March, taken thousands of kilometers away, never to see their homeland again, as the organizers of the deportations had planned. This was the fate of 2 651 inhabitants of Liepāja and its surroundings.

Please be informed that photography and video filming will be carried out during the event. The obtained materials will be used for publicity purposes of the event and the Liepāja Museum and the Liepāja Occupation Museum. By being present at the event venue, you acknowledge that you are aware of being included in the audio or visual material.

Photo: commemorative event in Tore in 2024 (by Aigars Prūsis)

Sandra Šēniņa,
Head of the Liepāja Museum Structural Unit “Liepāja Occupation Museum”
Mob. +371 27048864
E-mail: sandra.senina@liepaja.lv