An Evening To Commemorate the Soviet Mass Deportations From the Baltic States
The evening is held on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the Soviet mass deportations from the Baltic States that began June 14, 1941, and is organized by Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian embassies in cooperation with the CEELI Institute.
Starting 18.00, in the foyer of Villa Grébovka, the exhibition "Birch Bark Letters from Siberia" will be opened to the public. In 2009, the “Birch Bark Letters from Siberia” were added to the UNESCO "Memory of the World" national register of Latvia.
At 19.00, there will be a screening of the documentary film "Children of the Ice" (dir. Justinas Lingys, LT, 2011, 28 min.). The film will recall the life and destiny of the children from the Baltic States that were deported or born in the place of deportation as a consequence of the Soviet deportations. "Children of the Ice" is an international project realized by a Lithuanian, Swedish and Latvian team. The primary focus of the film’s creators was to show the influence deportations had on the formation of the affected children’s system of humanist values, national identity and their worldview.
The screening will be followed by a presentation "Gulag in today's Russia. Persecution of Czechoslovak citizens." an expert on the topic of Russia, journalist and chairman of the citizens' association Gulag.cz, Štěpán Černoušek. The evening will continue with the debate with Mr. Štěpán Černoušek and Mrs. Eha Tamm, a direct witness of the deportation from 1941, who at the age of 5 was deported to the Tomsk region together with her mother, will also be joining the discussion.
Movie will be screened in English with Czech subtitles. Following discussion will be held in Czech and Estonian language with the interpretation to Czech Language.
