Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kupinda kweSoviet muLatvia muna 1940, kwaisanganisira kudzingwa kuSiberia Gulags (
June deportation), yakakonzera kuderera kukuru kwehukama hweLatvia neRussia. Nazi Germany yakabva yatora Latvia muna 1941 panguva yeHondo Yenyika II, kusvikira USSR yadzoka muna 1944 kuti itangezve basa, zvichikonzera kudzingwazve. Munguva iyi vanhu vokuLatvia vakawanda vakatiza nevaGermany vakanga vachidzokera kana kuti vakaenda kuSweden.