Communists. Nazis. and finally Communists again have made of Lithuanian history a series of terrible blood baths. each worse than the one before. It has been Lithuanias special fate that invasion has invariably been accompanied by deliberate. organized programs of mass murder. extermination. and mass deportation that are unsurpassed and probably unequaled in their cruelty and severity. All of the extremes of brutality. all of the devices of perverted minds. have been loosed against this little nation in a ceaseless attempt to destroy its national consciousness. its religion. its love of independence and freedom. Yet. through it all. the Lithuanians have steadfastly maintained a religious faith. a national identity. and a yearning for independence that will surely be ultimately rewarded.
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