When the German armies were forced to retreat before the massive Soviet attacks. 140.000 Lithuanians fled. too. to escape further Russian captivity. Eighty thousand managed to reach Western allied lines and safety. 60.000 were rounded up by the Russians and sent to Siberia. In Lithuania at this time. 194546. 145.000 were exiled permanently to Siberia. These enforced Siberian convoys comprised the second mass deportation of Lithuanians. The third occurred in 1949 when. resisting against agricultural collectivism. 60.000 more traveled the same oneway road to Siberia. It is on this day. June 15. that we must remember the fate of the Lithuanians. for Soviet domination began this day and the first mass enforced exodus occurred.
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