That proud date in 1918 ended 123 years of Russian occupation. During her alltoofew years of liberty. Lithuania was an honored member of the family of free nations. Her economic and her political. social. and cultural institutions flourished. But the freedom of Lithuania was forcibly suppressed by the Soviet Union in 1940. Since the brutal annexation of Lithuania and her neighboring Baltic States. her democratic system of government has been stifled and her people deported to slavelabor camps. imprisoned at home or exterminated. Those who have survived have endured terrible suffering and privation. The United States has condemned this aggression. and refused to recognize the Soviet occupation of Lithuania.
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