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Pacific Resistance in Lithuania

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Our Way to Freedom2012-2014

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The first period was characterized by stark guerrilla resistance, primarily that of the “Forest Brothers.” In 1945 an estimated 30,000 armed men lived in small units in the woods, attacking and harassing Soviet interior ministry forces, functionaries, and Lithuanian collaborators.

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The main guerrilla units operated through 1948; by 1949 however they adopted tactics more suitable to small conspiratorial groups and continued resistance until destroyed sometime around 1952.

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By the second period of postwar resistance (1954–1964), Lithuania had already lost one sixth of its population due to deportations, war and resistance.

This period was characterized by a change in public attitudes: open resistance and opposition turned into an attitude of exploiting, reforming and adjusting the system.

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The Catholic Church possesses immense moral authority for its contributions to Lithuanian history and culture and its consequent links with the very identity of the nation.The Catholic Church played a leading role in resisting the Soviets.From the start the Soviets tried to neutralize the Church’s power. A government proposal to sever the Church’s ties with the Vatican was vigorously resisted by the clergy. Despite intimidation and seductive offers, not a single priest could be found to support the initiative.

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The government responded to the Church’s noncompliance with deportations and destruction of the Church hierarchy.

By 1947 only one elderly bishop, Kazimieras Paltarokas of Panevežys, was left in Lithuania; others had been deported or killed

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In 1978, a radical organization with the explicit goal of Lithuanian independence was formed — The Lithuanian Freedom League (LFL). Founded by Antanas Terleckas, the LFL was one of the first groups to raise publicly the issue of the secret protocols of the Molotov - Ribbentrop Pact.

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Romas Kalanta was a Lithuanian high school student known for his public self-immolation protesting Soviet regime in Lithuania. Kalanta's death provoked the largest post-war riots in Lithuania and inspired similar self-immolations.

Kalanta became a symbol of the Lithuanian resistance through out the 1970s and 1980s.

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The term “dissident” means a human who does not recognize the official ideology.

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In 1970’s dissidents started acting openly. They worked under the influence of the Final Helsinki Act .

Raised problems •Human rights irregularities

•Lithuanian occupation

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Primary work of dissidents was writing statements to representatives of Soviet government and international organizations.

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In 1976 November was established the group of Helsinki to watch how SSRS upholds the Helsinki meeting final Act.

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The union of Lithuanian catholic The union of young Lithuanian

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