Unfortunately. the defeat of Germany did not secure freedom for Lithuania as it did for many other independenceloving peoples in Eastern Europe. Since its annexation by the Soviet Union. we have heard little of the events within the country. The borders of the Baltic States have been sealed to the outside world and to each other. The news that does leak out is often bad. as a result of Soviet policies. there has been a considerable change in the composition of the population of Lithuania. When the Soviets returned to power in 1944. approximately 80.000 Lithuanians fled to West Germany and some 60.000 more were found in Eastern Germany and deported to Siberia. During the
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