Table of Contents

Introduction The Invisible Front: Lithuania’s Armed Resistance Against the Soviet Union – Laima Vince Part I. The Decision to Stay on our Native Land, July 1944–July 1945 Part II. Choosing the Fate of a Partisan, July 1945–January 1946 Part III. On the Partisan Road, January 1946–May 1947 Part IV. Breaking Through the Iron Curtain to the West, June 1947–December 1947 Afterword A Journey into the Heart: A Post-War Love Story – Laima Vince An Account from the Post-War Borderlands – Jonas Öhman Appendix

About the Author

Jouzas Lukša (1921–1951), also known by codename Daumantas or Skirmantas, was one of the most prominent post-World War II resistance leaders in Lithuania.

Laima Vince is a graduate of Columbia University, School of the Arts MFA program in Creative Writing, and the editor and translator of three anthologies of contemporary Lithuanian literature: The Earth Remains (Columbia University Press), Lithuania in Her Own Words (Tito Alba), and Raw Amber (Poetry Salzburg).