Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sakamakon yarjejeniyar Molotov-Ribbentrop na ranar 23 ga Agusta, 1939 ya sanya Latvia a cikin tasirin Soviet. A ranar 5 ga Agusta, 1940, Tarayyar Soviet ta ƙwace Latvia da ƙarfi. A ranar 14 ga Yuni, 1941, an tilasta wa 'yan Latvia 15,000 su ƙaura
zuwa sansanonin Gulag kuma an harbe sojoji da yawa.