Lithuania was taking rapid strides in becoming one of the most progressive and dynamic nations in Europe. This progress came to an abrupt halt when the Soviet Union marched her troops into Lithuania and instituted a regime so cruel and heinous as to defy the imagination. Lithuanians were murdered. tortured. and deported on an enormous scale. It is estimated that on the night of June 14. 1941. some 30.000 members of the Lithuanian intelligentsia were deported to Siberia. many never to be heard of again. It is imperative that we in America never forget the tragedy of Lithuania. Indeed there are over 1 million Americans of Lithuanian descent who cannot disassociate themselves from the plight of their brothers across the sea. Lithuanian immigrants came to the United States as early as 1688. when it is recorded that they landed at New Amsterdam. Lithuanians make up substantial percentages of the population of my own State of Pennsylvania and of California. Connecticut.
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