But they were on their own lands. with fellow kinsmen as neighbors. After having dwelled in independent peace and prosperity for two decades. to be suddenly invaded and treacherously uprooted was the tragedy inflicted upon the Lithuanians by their Soviet captors. In one night. June 1415. 1941. over 30.000 were moved bodily to Siberia. never to return to their homeland. This was only the first of three mass deportations of Lithuanians to Siberia and northern Russia. A brief respite from Soviet tyranny occurred when Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Lithuania for 3 years. Although still under military domination. the people fared better.
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