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German occupation of the Baltic states during World War II
The
occupation of the Baltic states by Nazi Germany
occurred during
Operation Barbarossa
from 1941 to 1944. Initially, many
Estonians
,
Latvians
, and
Lithuanians
considered the
Germans
as liberators from the Soviet Union. The Balts hoped for the restoration of independence, but instead the Germans established a
provisional government
. During the occupation the Germans carried out
discrimination
,
mass deportations
and
mass killings
generating Baltic
resistance movements
.
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