History of Lithuania

Main Facts

65,300 sq. km.

3,394,000 inhabitants

Capital Vilnius litas (Lt). 3.4528 Lt = 1 euro

Lithuania Today

President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite

Current Territory

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Coat of Arms

Member of EU and NATO

The northernmost ice–free port on the Eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.

Lithuania Today

Laser technologies

Players at global biotech market

Lithuania Today

Herritage protected by UNESCO

Time line

1009

2010

1990 03 11

1944-1990

1941-1944

1940-1941

1918-1940

1914-1918

1795-1918

1569-1795

Up to XVIII c

2004

XII-XIII cEstablishment of Lithuanian State

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania

The Commonwealth of Two Nations

Occupation of the Imperial German army

Occupation of the Tsarist Russian Empire

Independent Lithuania

The first Soviet Union occupation

Nazi German occupation

The second Soviet Union occupation

Independent Lithuania

Membership in EU

The first written instance of the name of Lithuania

German Occupation

1941-1944WW II Nazi German occupation

Nazi Occupation

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1941, June 22 – Nazi occupied Lithuania

1941, June 24 – 27 – the beginning of The Holocaust

1941 – 1944 - ~30 thousand colonists were moved to

Lithuania

1941, July 17 – Lithuania was appended to Ostland

1942, summer – exile of lithuanians

1943, November 25 – the beginning of resistance (VLIK)

1945, January 28 – the end of Nazi Occupation

35 000 Lithuanians died in Camp nr. 133, Alytus

60 000 out of 200 000 people kept in “Evacuation Campus” (prev. Camp nr. 133) died in 14 months

Food and Drink Cards Clothing Cards 16 Jew Ghettoes in Lithuania

Nazi Occupation

The Holocaust

Location Victims Location VictimsPaneriai 70 000 Vilkaviskis 3000

Vizgirdo forest 60 000 Taurage 3000

The IX Fort of Kaunas

30 000 Karakynes forest

2500

Marijampole 10 000 Pakamponiu forest

2500

Pajuostes forest

8000 Giraites forest 2150

Kuziai 5000 Zakare 2000

Rases forest 4000 Kedainiai 2000

The IV Fort of Kaunas

3000 Katkiskes forest

1500

Mazeikiai 4000 Tubines forest 1200

The VII Fort of Kaunas

3000 Kupiskis 1000

Bajoru forest 3000

In plain numbers

The Holocaust

During 1941 – 1944 Nazi killed 96% (192 000) Jews of Lithuania

Resistance

Guerilla warfare LAF – Lithuanian Activist Front VLIK – Head Committee of Lithuania Liberation VLK – Head Committee of Lithuania LVS – Lithanian Solidarity Movement LLKS – Union of Fighter for Lithuania Freedom LF – Lithuanian Front

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