The horrors of a Communist occupation may be seen from the fact that. following Soviet captivity. Lithuania lost 45.000 of her citizens. Many fled. others were arrested. and 30.000 of Lithuanias intelligentsia were deported to Siberia on the night of June 14. 1941. When Soviet armies retreated before the German invaders 5.500 political prisoners were executed. Occupation by the Nazis brought only a continuation of the suffering with the colonializatlon by several thousand German families on Lithuanian soil. and the execution of almost all Lithuanian Jews. When the Soviets reentered the country in 1944. 80.000 Lithuanians fled to Western Germany while another 60.000 were apprehended in Eastern Germany and transported to Siberia. An additional deportation took place in 1949. as a retaliatory measure for what was claimed to be resistance to the collectivization of agriculture. Mr. Speaker. this month marks the 50th anniversary of the Lithuanian Declaration of Independence. and it is thus a fitting occasion upon which to renew our resolve to work for the selfdetermination of all peoples.
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