A witness tells about communist atrocities in 1941. The lady talked about entering a Cheka torture basement abandoned by the Russians. She saw badly mutilated corpses. One was lying over a stove with heavy burns on the back, others were on the floor with their tongues pulled out, sex organs cut off and put in their mouths, ears cut off. And then there was a large boiler with a pitchfork that she later found out was used to boil people.(In Latvian.)
In 14th June 1941 USSR carried out massive deportations of civilians and army members, which were found "dangerous" to the regime. Whole families were sent to Siberia.
In 14th June 1941 USSR carried out massive deportations of civilians and army members, which were found "dangerous" to the regime. Whole families were sent to Siberia. More than 15.000 people were deported. This time was called year of horror (baigais gads). Prior to the German invasion, in less than a year, at least 27,586 persons were arrested; most were deported, and ca. 1000 persons were shot
