Lithuania. and Estonia. By the end of that year of 1940 the countries were overrun and their proud peoples enslaved. soon to be absorbed into the U.S.S.R. On orders from the Kremlin. thousands of Lithuanian leaders and men of prominence were summarily arrested. placed in freight cars. and exiled to distant parts of Asiatic Russia. the infamous Siberian treatment. It is estimated that during this terroristic siege that lasted more than a year. upward of 50.000 innocent and helpless Lithuanians were deported to Russia. Today. 22 years later. we have no knowledge of the fate of the abducted Lithuanians. except that those still alive are suffering in prison camps. Which brings us back to the question above. and poses another: "What can be done to help these brave souls recapture the freedom we take for grantedthe freedom to which they are equally entitled?" I submit.
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