With this regimentation the productivity and living standard of the farmers diminished. Books were burned. churches were razed. monasteries closed. Hundreds of priests were beaten. tortured. and deported to Siberia. Those people who were brave enough to openly observe their religious holidays were summoned. intimidated. and arrested. The teaching of religion to children was absolutely forbidden. In 1 week alone in 1941. more than 34.000 persons were deported to remote areas of Siberia and the Arctic. Between 1948 and 1949. when Lithuanian farmers resisted Soviet collectivization of farmlands. about 10 percent of Lithuanias population was driven to Siberia. The story of Lithuania is a tragic one.
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