Lithuanias fate has typified all too realistically the conflict between freedom and totalitarian communism. between the very elements of good and evil. Lithuania had the courage and the spirit to resist tyranny. but because it lacked the force of arms. Bolshevik Russia reconquered the young nation. To their everlasting honor. the idea of freedom has never been erased from the minds and hearts of the Lithuanian people. Although the conquering Bolshevik hordes executed or deported her intellectual leaders and crushed with unlimited terror the valiant resistance movement. the Lithuanian people have heroically clung to their cultural and spiritual heritage. Thus. in its oppression and frustration. Lithuania has become a living symbol of the love and sacrifice of freedom.
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