Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mokutanga kubvisa chibvumirano cheLatvia pasi pekumanikidzwa<unk>Stalin pachake akatyisidzira gurukota rezvekunze reLatvia, muMoscow, panguva yekutaurirana<unk>kuisa mauto eSoviet muvhu reLatvia, Soviet Union yakapinda muLatvia musi waJune 16, 1940. Vatungamiriri vechiJudha vezvematongerwe enyika nevemagariro evanhu vakatanga kusungwa muna August 1940. Vokutanga kusungwa vaiva vatungamiriri vechiZionist Favid Varhaftig naMahanud Alperin. Vatungamiriri veBetar vakadzingwa. Muna 1941, vaSoviet vakasunga Mordechai Nurock, M. Dubin nevamwe vatungamiriri vechiJudha vomunzanga, vaZionist, vanochengetedza, uye vezvematongerwe enyika vokurudyi. Mirayiro yavo yokusungwa yakatenderwa naS. Shustin. Apo vaSoviet vakaita nhambo yokutanga ye
Kudzingwa kwevanhu vakawanda muBaltic, pausiku hwaJune 13-14 1941, zviuru zvevaJudha vokuLatvia zvakaendeswa kune dzimwe nyika pamwe chete nevaLatvia. Pamapoka ose emadzinza akadzingwa kudaro, vaJudha vakatambura zvakaenzana kupfuura vamwe vose, uye vakaendeswa kumamiriro ezvinhu akaoma zvikuru. Zvinyorwa zvakachengetwa zvekudzingwa kwevagari veLatvia vechiJudha vane 1,212 (12.5% yeavo vakaendeswa kunzvimbo dziri kure dzeUSSR) asi nhamba chaiyo yevaJudha vakaendeswa kune dzimwe nyika yaive yakakura, pahurongwa hwe5,000 kusvika ku6,000 panguva yekutanga Soviet basa.