![]() ![]() Russian people enthusiastically moved in and took over the city and nearby towns. Stalin’s men deported thousands of ethnic Lithuanians out of Vilnius, and they were never seen again. Germany was home to some of the world’s best composers, like Brahms, Bach, and Beethoven. Matis and his friends refused to believe the rumors. Prior to the war, they had no political leanings. Months after enlisting as a Lithuanian Rifle, Matis, in his mid 30’s, married and father to three children, began to hear insane rumors that the Germans were rounding up Jewish men and teens in nearby towns and shooting them in the forest.įACT-O-RAMA! Matis and his family were Christians. Good riddance to the Stalinists who now found themselves under the gun. ![]() Germans were civilized, and the communists were animals. Besides, Germany was the land of art and science. He didn’t like Nazis, but he hated communists, and being a Lithuanian Rifle was better than a camp or a bullet. Matis’ duty was to patrol his small town, unarmed, with other Lithuanian Rifles and report back to the Nazis. Social Democrats were sent to camps, and communists were shot.įACT-O-RAMA! Vilnius was part of Poland until Stalin took over and made it part of Lithuania once again. He referred to this group as the “Lithuanian Rifles.” As a Nazi officer pointed out, his other options were to become a Social Democrat or a communist, and the Nazis didn’t care for these people. ![]()
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