That's the English translation for the 2006 documentary, Lietuva antrąjame pasauliniame kare: Kino dokumentai . Rimtautas Šilinis directed the documentary, and Kęstutis Petrulis produced it for "Studija 2."
The film, based on newsreels and Soviet and Nazi propaganda footage, traces Lithuania's predicament between 1940 and 1945, when the country sat between two powers that sought to swallow it into their respective empires.
The film begins with the 1940 Soviet invasion, Bolshevik cultural immersion, and Siberian deportations. It then follows with the Nazi invasions and occupation of 1941 and, finally, reaches the 1944 reoccupation by the Soviets.
The film brought to my eyes many of the accounts my Parents related. There's a clip, for example, that shows people fleeing the country in 1944. They take few belongings: some carry only a few parcels; others use wheelbarrows to transport cherished items.
If you don't read Lithuanian (or if you don't understand Russian or German), then you still should be able to follow much of the film based on the footage alone.
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