deportations

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090328/ap_on_re_eu/eu_estonia_obit_meri_2

The Soviet Red Army occupied the three Baltic countries in 1940 and began a program of deportations before it was driven out by Nazi Germany in 1941. After recapturing the Baltics in 1944, Soviet authorities resumed their deportations to Siberia.

Between March 25 and 27, 1949, more than 20,000 Estonians were rounded up and shipped to Siberia by train.

Estonia this week staged several commemoration ceremonies to mark the 60th anniversary of the mass deportations.