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*Lithuanian diaspora: the majority of post-WWII Lithuanians live in North America '''(Canada and the United States)''' and across Europe '''(France, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Sweden, Netherlands and England)''', but are scattered across '''Russia and the former USSR''', and smaller numbers in '''Mexico and Brazil'''. | *Lithuanian diaspora: the majority of post-WWII Lithuanians live in North America '''(Canada and the United States)''' and across Europe '''(France, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Sweden, Netherlands and England)''', but are scattered across '''Russia and the former USSR''', and smaller numbers in '''Mexico and Brazil'''. | ||
*Between 1880 and 1910, over 40,000 Lithuanian Jews immigrated to '''South Africa''' to avoid persecution. To date around 80% of the 75,000 Jews in South Africa (around 60,000) are of Lithuanian descent. | *Between 1880 and 1910, over 40,000 Lithuanian Jews immigrated to '''South Africa''' to avoid persecution. To date around 80% of the 75,000 Jews in South Africa (around 60,000) are of Lithuanian descent. | ||
*The Litvins in northern Belarus and westernmost Russia are of ethnic Lithuanian and Baltic origin.<ref>"List of diasporas", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diasporas#L, accessed 28 July 2021.</ref> | *The Litvins in northern Belarus and westernmost Russia are of ethnic Lithuanian and Baltic origin. | ||
*Large numbers of Lithuanians went to the '''United States''' in 1867–1868 after a famine. | |||
*On 14–18 June 1941, less than a week before the Nazi invasion, some 17,000 Lithuanians were '''deported to Siberia''', where many perished due to inhumane living conditions. | |||
*After the retreat of the German armed forces, the Soviets reestablished their control of Lithuania in July–October 1944. The '''massive deportations to Siberia were resumed''' and lasted until the death of Stalin in 1953. Under the pretext of Lithuania's economic recovery, the '''Moscow authorities encouraged the migration of workers and other specialists to Lithuania''' with the intention to further integrate Lithuania into the Soviet Union and to develop the country's industry. At the same time, '''Lithuanians were lured to work in the USSR''' by promising them all the privileges of settling in a new place. | |||
<ref>"List of diasporas", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diasporas#L, accessed 28 July 2021.</ref><ref>"Lithuania", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania, accessed 28 July 2021.</ref> | |||
==Records of Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ==Records of Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ||