A high standard of social justice was established as the Lithuanian people displayed its love of liberty and its great spiritual strength. In 1940. the Soviet Union. rejecting its treaty obligations. deliberately annihilated several of its neighbors including Lithuania. The following years saw the Soviet Union employing against the captive peoples. a process of colonization. oppression. and systematic decimation. including deportation and genocide. On this 42d anniversary of the declaration of Lithuanian independence. we of the free world should reflect upon the sufferings of the Lithuanian people and that of her sister captive nations. We must consider what we. with other free nations. can do to encourage them during this time of oppression. and what can be done to bring about their eventual liberation.
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