Lithuania is a small country of 3.4 million people. Yet it Is a nation which suffered devastating losses from both Nazis and Soviets. When the U.S.SR. retook the country in 1944 from the Nazis. 80.000 Lithuanians fled to West Germany. while another 60.050 were found in East Germany and deported to Siberia. During 1945 and 1946 an additional 145.000 Lithuanians were deported. Still another massive deportation occurred when some 60.000 Lithuanians were deported in 1949. But throughout history and in the face of intense persecution which continues today. Lithuania like Poland maintained the Catholic Church in the center of their national consciousness.
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