For one, I grew up with Lithuanians who were lucky enough to escape the communists when they invaded Lithuania in WWII, and who were lucky enough to emigrate here in the 1950's as "DPs". And secondly my wife is half Lithuanian (her father) - he was a "DP" too. His family also escaped the communists and as such, we now have relatives all over the globe. Some here, some in the UK, some in Canada, some in Australia.
Oh and her other half is German, so I know quite a bit about Germany under the Nazis as well. And we have relatives there too (our phone bill 'stinks' some months).
The bottom line is that those in Lithuania who could escape the Communists did. They fled west, finally into Germany with all they could carry on their backs. And yes, the Nazis were seen as less of a threat, or less 'evil', than the Communists.
I didn't mean to imply that you weren't already aware of those facts.
The bottom line is that those in Lithuania who could escape the Communists did. They fled west, finally into Germany with all they could carry on their backs.==
Plz tell HOW they did it during the war? With help of german army by thier evacuators, Right?
How else they could get into Gremany, find job, shelter, food and so on. How they paid, who trasported them, gave them shelter? They couldn't walk all the way - 1300 miles, they had to live somewhere.
And all these during war when everywhere Gestapo looked for diversants, partisans and et tesera?
Of course, the Nazis were busy recruiting the Baltic into the SS. Or how do you think the Jews of Riga got the bullets in their heads? And for that matter, what do you think happened to the Jews of Berlin after their long train ride to Riga.
Furthermore, the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Legions, on their retreat with the rest of the Germans, were there to demolish Warsaw one building at a time.