It has been said that down through the centuries the Russians have been to other countries of Eastern Europe something like a locust plague that would always return from time to time. In 1940 the locusts returned to the fair land of Lithuania but with a far greater capacity and skill in oppression. Through the use of the purge and mass deportations the Russian commissars have done their best to accomplish their mission from the Kremlin. But they have failed to conquer the spirit of freedom that has been nurtured for centuries by the Lithuanian people. The sad years of Communist domination have confirmed what the world has long known about the indomitable spirit and faith of this ancient people.
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