Article: Stalinist Crimes Hunted in Baltics

MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
03-18-1999
Stalinist Crimes Hunted in Baltics

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) -- In one file is the deportation order for an entire family, including an 8-year-old boy. In another is a death sentence handed down to a businessman for joking about the demise of communism.

These old files from the former Soviet secret police, among 30,000 in a city archive, are the focus of a campaign to root out Stalinist-era agents and convict them.

``This isn't just history,'' said archive researcher Indrek Urjo, waving a set of wispy, peppermint-green papers, each stamped with a faded red hammer and sickle. ``This is evidence of a crime.''

Millions of people were ...

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