Lithuania fell victim to the anarchy of a chaotic Europe. The secret agreement between Hitler and Stalin that precipitated the war included a callous betrayal of the Baltic States. Germany. in short. had agreed to their being swallowed up by the Soviet Union. It is estimated that during this Soviet occupation. Lithuania suffered the loss of about 45.000 people. Thousands of others were arrested or deported. Some 30.000 members of the Lithuanian intelligentsia were deported to Siberia on the single night of June 14. 1941. Despite decades of oppression by the Soviet Union. Lithuanians still hope and pray for a restored freedom.
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