Soviet troops occupied the country and annexed it to the Soviet Union. When the war broke out between Germany and the Soviet Union the following year. Lithuania fell under German administration until. as the Nazi occupation collapsed in 1944. Lithuania was again crushed by the Soviet Army. For 7 years. Mr. President. the Lithuanian people struggled to liberate their land. During that struggle. 30.000 Lithuanians died for their cause. and hundred of thousands were deported to the Soviet Union. where they died wholesale in forced labor camps. But the Lithuanian people continue to yearn for freedom from their oppressors and the establishment of a truly independent Lithuanian state. Mr.
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