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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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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