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Presidents of Lithuania and Poland to honour the memory of victims of mass deportations of 1948

Thursday, May 22, Vilnius – Before leaving for Riga, President of the Republic of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus and President of the Republic of Poland Lech Kaczyński will honour the memory of deportees.

At about 3 p.m. today, Lithuania’s and Poland’s presidents will lay flowers at the memorial dedicated to victims of Soviet occupation (Aukų g.).

Today Lithuania commemorates the 60th anniversary of the most massive deportation in May 1948, when over 40 thousand Lithuanians were deported to Siberia in just two days.

Press Service of the President