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Orders from Moscow decreed that the foundations of Estonian civic society were to be destroyed along with the Estonian state. Repression targeted a large part of the intelligentsia, and nearly all civil servants, from heads of state to office clerks.
On 14 June 1941 it was the turn of the families and relatives of 'elements hostile to Soviet power': without discrimination according to gender or age, over 10 000 Estonians were deported without trial to prison camps and exile. Many perished. |
| A typical example of Stalinist terror tactics can be seen in the fate of one of the best-known Estonian columnists, Eduard Laamann — execution in a Russian prison following the 'verdict' by a three-member NKVD tribunal |
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Estonia's national flowers — laid in remembrance of those deported |
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 A covert photo of livestock carriages that were 'provided' for several weeks' journey |
A covert photo of livestock carriages that were 'provided' for several weeks' journey