Photographs from places of deportation in Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/64697027@N08/show/ Presentation of the 2011 trip to Siberia, “Siberian Stories,” in Latvijas Avīze
A group of nearly 30 individuals from Latvia traveled to Siberia in June to honor the fathers and grandfathers who were tortured to death during deportations and to document disappearing evidence about this phase in history. The group was led by the film director Dzintra Geka and the Rev Guntis Kalme, who is an expert in relation to history, and the group included Latvian children who grew up in Siberia and were the sons and daughters of fathers who were shot or tortured to death in concentration camps. Latvijas Avīze journalist Guntis Ščerbinskis went along, and the result was a series of stories, “Siberian Stories,” that were published in several segments in Latvijas Avīze in July. Digital versions of the stories can be found here: Siberian Stories 1 Siberian Stories 1 (cont.) Siberian Stories 2 Siberian Stories 2 (cont.) Siberian Stories 3 Siberian Stories4
Stacija Latvieši 1937
1941. gadā 14. jūnijā no Latvijas tika deportēti 15424 cilvēki, 1949. gada 25. martā 42 tūkstoši. 5259 tika arestēti ka sociāli bīstami elementi. 2/3 no vīriešiem tika arestēti. 43 cilvēki ceļā nomira, vecākais bija 76 gadus vecais Dāvis Helvigs, bet jaunākais Arvīds Baumanis, kurš piedzima Stendes stacijā 14. jūnijā. 4141 miruši vai nošauti ieslodzījumā. 
