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**LottiFurmann** · 05-30-2010, 04:28 AM

Lithuania's relative poverty owes to the decades of Soviet rule first and foremost. They are fundamentally confused people after the WW2, like other Baltic nations- hence these ludicrous swastika decisions.
Note that display of hammers and sickles raises no objections...
I've been to Lithuania many times, the potential is there, but like East Germany or any other ex-Soviet block - G-d knows how long it takes to ditch this inheritance.
Used to be the biggest and the most liberal country in Europe, home to some of the most prominent Jewish communities ...

05-30-2010, 04:28 AM	#6
LottiFurmann Join Date Jan 2008 Posts 4,494 Senior Member	Lithuania's relative poverty owes to the decades of Soviet rule first and foremost. They are fundamentally confused people after the WW2, like other Baltic nations- hence these ludicrous swastika decisions. Note that display of hammers and sickles raises no objections... I've been to Lithuania many times, the potential is there, but like East Germany or any other ex-Soviet block - G-d knows how long it takes to ditch this inheritance. Used to be the biggest and the most liberal country in Europe, home to some of the most prominent Jewish communities ...
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