Over 300.000 Soviet troops overran the small but strategically important Lithuanian Republic. A regime subservient to Moscow was immediately Installed and Lithuania was annexed by the Soviet Union. The new regime attempted to change the face of Lithuanian society by importing a Communist. atheistic ideology which was totally foreign to the Lthuanian mentality. Soviet secret police brought the reign of terror plaguing Russia to Lithuania and its neighbors. Thousands were arrested and deported. while torture was widespread. The Catholic Church. a fundamental pillar of Lithuanian society. suffered enormously at the hands of the Soviet regime. Tragically. these atrocities persist today. although in differing degrees.
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