Lists of Latvian residents deported in 1941 and 1949 can be viewed on the digital map

He emphasized that 75 years ago, on this same day in March, tens of thousands of Latvian residents were deported to Siberia. “What happened today is what we call the communist genocide against the Latvian people. What many people feared happened, so they started resistance battles against Stalin’s regime, against the Soviet regime. They fought both in the forests and in the cities, but at that moment they were defeated for a while, ” said the politician.

The president believes that it is necessary to support Ukraine until its complete victory. This will be done until the complete victory of freedom over slavery.

He calls today to honor all those who died in Stalin’s camps. I invite you to mention all those who are currently continuing to fight against evil.

In the evening at 6 p.m., the concert “Open Window” will be held in the Small Guild, in which Arnis Miltiņš, Kārlis Miltiņš, Jānis Miltiņš and Laima Miltiņa-Rode will take part.

At 6 p.m. in the Golden Hall of the Latvian Society of Riga, the National Guard Choir “Stars” will hold a concert “My Homeland is Dear”, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the communist genocide, informed Inga Meijere, Public Relations Specialist of the National Guard Headquarters.

The concert program includes the compositions of Emilis Melngailis and Pēteris Barisons choir. In special commemoration of the anniversary of the politically repressed deportation, the first and fourth parts of Melngail’s Latvian requiem, composed over fifteen years from 1906 to 1921, will be played. The authors of the requiem poetry are Vilis Plūdonis and Rainis.

Actress Anita Grūbe will perform poetry readings at the concert alongside the National Guard choir “Stars” under the direction of conductor Ārija Škepasta.