Silent Displacement – The Unknown Deportation of Ingria
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59mins
Directed by
Saam Kapadia,
Starring
Juhani Kustfält,
Anneli Kustfält,
Ensio Hutter,
Aino Lehti
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"It Happened in Ingermanland" - about a forgotten people's displacement that took place during the Stalin's reign of terror in the Soviet Union. During the WW2, when the Nazi army arrived in the area of St. Peterburg/Leningrad about 63 000 Ingermanlanders was deported to Finland. In 1946 Stalin wanted them back for his work camps. About 5 000 fled to Sweden and settled there.