Forest Brothers: The Account of an Anti-Soviet Lithuanian Freedom Fighter, 1944–1948
by Juozas Luksa and Laima Vincė
translated by Laima Vince
translated by Laima Vince
Central European University Press, 2009
Cloth: 978-963-9776-37-1 | Paper: 978-963-9776-58-6 | eISBN: 978-963-386-354-1 (PDF)
Library of Congress Classification D802.L5D313 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.534793092
Cloth: 978-963-9776-37-1 | Paper: 978-963-9776-58-6 | eISBN: 978-963-386-354-1 (PDF)
Library of Congress Classification D802.L5D313 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.534793092
TOC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Mardi Gras
Introduction - The Invisible Front: Lithuania’s Armed Resistance Against the Soviet Union – Laima Vincė
Part I. The Decision to Stay on our Native Land, July 1944–July 1945
The Occupiers Change
We Go into Hiding
Vosily’s Warning
Burning Personal Files in the Crematorium
Our Friendship with the Red Army Soldiers
The Red Army Ransacks the Villages
Forced Labor Digging Ditches and Building Airports
Recruitment for the Front
Travel Documents
First News of the Partisans
In the Student Dorms
The Fate of Property Left Behind
Feeding and Heating the University
The Student Council
Students Arrests Begin
Lithuanian Soldiers are Deported to Siberia
My Brother’s Turn Came
Hours and Days Spent Outside the Kaunas Jail
Looting the Middle Class Families of Prisoners
My Brother is Released: His Friends are Deported to Siberia
Organizational Concerns
The Partisan Movement
Collaborators
Partisans of Foreign Extraction
The Iron Wolf Regiment
Accounts of a Few Partisan Battles
The Northeastern Partisan Units
The Samogitian Partisans
The Partisans of Central Lithuania
The Partisans Act Against Bolshevik Plans
Provocation Units in Suvalkija
Part II. Choosing the Fate of a Partisan, July 1945–January 1946
Our First Days Spent with the Partisans
The Atomic Bomb
Setting up the Tauras Military District
Bartašiūnas’s Amnesty
The Church Choir
The Tragedy on October Eighteenth
In the Iron Wolf Regiment
The Thieves of Vainatrakis
The Interrogator Varnas
The Battle at the Laukas Family Farm
Dealing with Thieves in Paprienis
The Grain Collectors
A Partisan Christmas
My Brother and I Finally Set Out
Part III. On the Partisan Road, January 1946–May 1947
Recon
Working for the Press
The Trip to Dainava
Visiting with a Former American
The Bolshevik and the Partisan Press
Under Astra’s Supervision
In the Forest Camp
The Journey by Sledge
The Approaching Elections
The Pre-Election Campaign
Election Day
The Election Results
The Fate of the Proletariat
The Ford and Studebaker Bonfire
The Deportations
Guarding Deserted Farmsteads
The Fighter Nastė
Blood for the Press
A Prohibition on Home Brew
Desecrating Fallen Partisans
The Right to Choose Work
Uniting the Partisans
Evaluating Our Activities
Building the Bunker
Again on Unification
Two Visitors from the West
The Trip Through the Cleansing Operation
In the Market Square
Mykolas Jonas is Killed
We Lose Vabalas and Gegužis
More Manhunts
For Bravery and Courage
Requisitioning Food for the Partisans
Taking Measures against the Stribai
Žvainys is Arrested and Interrogated
The Journey by Train
Christmas Eve 1946
Setting Up the Birutė Regiment
Poverty in the City
The Partisan Provocateurs
New Assignments
The Massive Interrogations
Mažvydas and Pušelė’s “Engagement” Party
The Aftermath
More Bolshevik Killings
Part IV. Breaking Through the Iron Curtain to the West, June 1947–December 1947
Approaching the Border
We Break Through the Iron Curtain
On the Polish Side of the Border
The West Recommends we Return and Wait
A Stormy Return
Visiting with a Freedom Fighter from Lithuania’s First Fight for Independence
Thieves Informing for the NKVD
Bolshevik Legs over our Heads
We are Persecuted, but we Continue to Sing
The Report from the West
The Deputy at the Demonstration
The Fighters Varnas and Vaidilutė
Partisan Martyrs
My Dream Becomes Reality
The Dainava Headquarters are Surrounded
Preparing the Troops
In the City of Lean-tos
Not Everyone Arrived Safely
Who were Those People who Went to Fight in the Forests
The Liaison Man Artūras
Two Women Wander into Camp
A Punishment for Unnecessary Brashness
A Sudden Attack
The Heroes of Raišupis
The Tragedy at the Bunker of the Birutė Unit Headquarters
Implementing a Plan with Percentages
A Trap in Kaunas
Again Tragedy Strikes in the Birutė Unit
Fighting Against the Collectivization of Farms
Preparing for the March
Traveling through East Prussia
Russian Collective Farm Workers
A Bloody Trip across the Rominta River
On Polish Soil
A Christmas Miracle in the Manger
Afterword
A Journey into the Heart: A Post-War Love Story – Laima Vincė
An Account from the Post-War Borderlands – Jonas Öhman
Appendix
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