The postwar history of Lithuania bears grim testimony to this rejection of forcible incorporation. From 1944 to 1952. the antiSoviet partisans struggled for freedom against the Soviet military occupation in protracted guerilla warfare at a cost of over 50.000 Lithuanian lives. During Stalins era. more than onesixth of the Lithuanian people were deported to Russia and Siberia in an effort to depopulate and subjugate the Lithuanian nation. To demonstrate the extent of this depopulation in comparison to the United States. it would mean the elimination of all the people from the 30 largest cities in this country. To this very day.
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