Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko ngā pānga o te Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact o Akuhata 23, 1939 i whakawhiwhia ai a Latvia ki te rohe o te mana o te Soviet. I te 5 o Akuhata 1940, ka whakaekehia a Latvia e te Soviet Union. I te 14 o Pipiri 1941, 15,000 nga tangata whenua o Latvia i whakahekea kia haere ki waho
ki ngā puni Gulag, ā, he tokomaha o ngā rangatira hōia i patua.