Indeed, and it was not "oh, it was just short time". It was almost a year, during which the mass deportations of locals to Siberia happened, which for many later played a role welcoming Germans + supporting Holocaust. Writing about history is sensitive, so learn it 1st. https://t.co/uG3WYeTMZQ 1 atbildes

	Sanita Jemberga (2022-08-28 18:37:10) @twitter	Indeed, and it was not "oh, it was just short time". It was almost a year, during which the mass deportations of locals to Siberia happened, which for many later played a role welcoming Germans + supporting Holocaust. Writing about history is sensitive, so learn it 1st. https://t.co/uG3WYeTMZQ
	Sanita Jemberga (2022-08-28 18:44:54) @twitter	And it was a main reason why locals didn't see end of WWII and second Soviet occupation as "liberation from Nazis", which the monument (the subject of story) was celebrating. Latvia was independent country before 1940 and for us the monument was symbol of repeated occupation.