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- WW2 starts 3rd September 1939.
Russia, the USSR invaded Latvia in June 1940. From 14th June 1941 the first big deportation of Latvians approximately 16,000 deported including women and children.
Context- Below is an account about Ernest Embriks who was removed from his home in the night by the Russians and never seen again. Ernest was the maternal Grandfather of Anita (Mn Apsite) Hallam.
Account from written records reads- Ernest Embriks, son of Janis born in 1900, 18th February in Liepaja) arrested 22nd June 1941. The USSR Internal Affairs Ministers in accordance with the Communist Party FSR (KPFSR) criminal code (Law) Section 58-10 first paragraph charged Ernest with
"-Negative attitude to the Soviet System/State, systemically continued anti soviet agitation, expressed dissatisfaction with the Soviet States Regime of Ulmanis." Ernest reported to have continued anti soviet conversation with other inmate at the Novosibirsk Prison No. Ernest was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment at a re-education Siberian labour camp".
Ernest died 2nd December 1942 in the Siberian re-education labour camp.
Years later on 1st September 1989 pronounced not guilty by the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Prokuratura.
-Latvia on the 14th June 1987 had its first biggest Nationalist Latvian Demonstration for National Independence against Russia.
-The full independence of the Republic of Latvia was restored on 21 August 1991, during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt and fully recognized by the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991.
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