Signs of political contacts between Lithuanian and Polish emigrants in 1940–1990
Journal: Genocidas ir rezistencija
Year: 2018

After annexation of Lithuania by the USSR in 1940, Lithuanian political diaspora in Western countries actively joined the movement for Lithuania’s liberation. Maintenance of relations with emigrants from Eastern and Central European countries, which became dependent on the Soviets, was considered as one of the factors of its enhancement. All this had to contribute to consolidation of powers of all the nations of the aforesaid part of Europe, which were united by the similar goal: to seek liberat