<<No 26 : 5 July 1972>> FIVE ENTRIES * self-immolation (4 cases) [1] Romas Kalanta On 14 May, in one of the squares of Kaunas, Romas Kalanta (b. 1953), who had finished secondary education and was the son of a college lecturer, died by self-immolation, under the banner ‘'Freedom for Lithuania”. Three of his friends … Continue reading Events in Lithuania, July 1972 (26.11)
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Persecution of Believers in Lithuania, 1969-1972 (25.7)
<< No 25 : 20 May 1972 >> 5 ITEMS [1] BRILIENE Among cases of the infringement of believers' rights mentioned in “the Memorandum of the Catholics of Lithuania” [1] (CCE 24.6) is the dismissal by the Vilkaviskis district department of public education of Ona Briliene, a schoolmistress and believer. * In October 1969, the … Continue reading Persecution of Believers in Lithuania, 1969-1972 (25.7)
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