Many of them came to America after their native land had been occupied by Soviet troops. Thousands of others fled from Lithuania to other lands and still other thousands have been sent to Siberia and elsewhere by the tyrants in the Kremlin. It is estimated that in just one brief period alone. June 1521. 1940. 45.000 of her people lost their lives or were deported. Despite their long suffering under the harsh yoke of communism. no amount of repression has succeeded in stifling the Lithuanians inate yearning for and constant hope for sovereignty and individual freedom. No better example of this can be shown than the frantic attempt by the Lithuanian seaman.
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