For 23 happy years until the Nazi occupation of 1941 Lithuania prospered under her democratic form of government and became a respected member of the world community. Then in 1944. Soviet Russia swallowed up the Baltic Republics. The terror tactics employed by the Soviets to enslave the Lithuanian people shocked the American people. However. despite these methods of persecution and deportation. the Reds have failed to extinguish the desire for freedom in the brave country. The Communists themselves were first to admit that after the Hungarian revolution in late 1956. repercussions were felt in Lithuania. Once again the nationalists were a cause for concern for the Red regime.
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