

Commemorative light installation for the march deportation victims

Collaborative work, 2020



Soviet deportations from Estonia were a series of mass deportations by the Soviet Union from Estonia in 1941 and 1945–1951 The two largest waves of deportations occurred in June 1941 and March 1949 simultaneously in all three Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania). People were deported to remote areas of the Soviet Union, predominantly to Siberia and northern Kazakhstan by means of railroad cattle cars. Entire families, including children and the elderly, were deported without trial or prior announcement. Of March 1949 deportees, over 70% of people were women and children under the age of 16. Wikipedia