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 the cause of selfdetermination. and hundreds 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 and the establishment of an independent Lithuanian state. As consistent supporters of the principle of selfdetermination.
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