Soon they were forced against their will to become integral part of the Soviet Union. In the meantime wholesale arrests and imprisonments of prominent men in every walk of life were proceeding. terror gripped the people. no one felt safe. even women and children were. in many cases. faced with summary arrest and imprisonment. In the course of the Soviet occupation in 194041 and since 1944 tens of thousands were arrested in Lithuania alone. forcibly placed in freight cars. and then exiled to the wilderness of Asiatic Russia. During the period from June 14 to 21. 1941. 34.260 persons were deported to remote areas in Siberia and the Arctic. Today. very little is known of the fate of these innocent and helpless souls. Some have undoubtedly died. while others probably still suffer under cruel Communist totalitarian tyranny. still cling to the hope of their freedom.
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