For many years the national symbol of Lithuania has been the Vytis. a warrior with a raised sword who is prepared to do battle against wrongdoers of humanity and those who threaten the nation. The Soviet Union has attempted to replace this symbol with the hammer and sickle In the minds of Lithuanians. Due to forcible deportations and assassinations this courageous country has lost about onethird of its population to this Soviet program of national genocide. This denial of basic human rights continues even today. But while the U.S.S.R. has succeeded in eliminating Lithuanias political independence. the spirit of the Vytis remains in the hearts of every Lithuanian who thirsts for freedom.
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