Preface

Ievads

Authorities and Dissidents

Protests and Demands for Human Rights

Ideology and the Individual

Charter 77 -
the Inspiration for the Baltic Charter


The Road to Freedom
 
The August 23, 1987, rally protesting the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact at the monument to poet Adam Mickiewicz in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. Among the participants is Ints Cālītis, a Latvian signer of the Baltic Charter.
Museum of Genocide Victims of the Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Center RF175. Photo by Kęstutis Jankauskas.
The August 23, 1987, rally protesting the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact at the monument to poet Adam Mickiewicz in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
The August 23, 1987, rally protesting the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact at the monument to poet Adam Mickiewicz in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. Among the participants is Ints Cālītis, a Latvian signer of the Baltic Charter.
Museum of Genocide Victims of the Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Center RF132. Photo by Kęstutis Jankauskas.
The August 23, 1987, rally protesting the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact at the monument to poet Adam Mickiewicz in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. Among the participants is Ints Cālītis, a Latvian signer of the Baltic Charter.
The August 23, 1987, rally in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius protesting the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
Museum of Genocide Victims of the Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Center RF386.
The August 23, 1987, rally in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius protesting the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
The August 23, 1987, rally protesting the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact at the monument to poet Adam Mickiewicz in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
Museum of Genocide Victims of the Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Center RF387.
The August 23, 1987, rally protesting the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact at the monument to poet Adam Mickiewicz in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
A rally on September 7, 1988, in Vingis Park in Vilnius, organized by the Lithuanian Socio-political organization “Sajudis”.
Popular Front Museum (Latvia) collection.
A rally on September 7, 1988, in Vingis Park in Vilnius, organized by the Lithuanian Socio-political organization “Sajudis”.
The August 22, 1989, rally in Kalnu (Hill) Park, Vilnius, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The Lithuanian Socio-political organization “Sajudis” organized the rally.
Funds of the Archives of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania 2-24-VI-182-28.
The August 22, 1989, rally in Kalnu (Hill) Park, Vilnius, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The Lithuanian Socio-political organization “Sajudis” organized the rally.
The placing of the Lithuanian coat of arms on the Seimas (Lithuanian parliament) on March 11, 1990.
Funds of the Archives of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania- 2- 24-VI-030-103.
The Declaration of the Restoration of the Independence of the Republic of Lithuania, passed by the Supreme Council of the Lithuanian SSR on March 11, 1990.
Funds of the Archives of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania 2-1-1, p. 1.
The placing of the Lithuanian coat of arms on the Seimas (Lithuanian parliament) on March 11, 1990.

A rally in support of the Republic of Lithuania at the Seimas building six days after the restoration of independence.
Funds of the Archives of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, 2. f., 24. apr., vienība nr. :VI-030-108. Photo by Kęstutis Jankauskas.
A rally in support of the Republic of Lithuania at the Seimas building six days after the restoration of independence.

Members of the Lithuanian Seimas after the restoration of the independence of the Republic of Lithuania on March 11, 1990.
Funds of the Archives of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania 2- 24-VI-030-101;VI-030-510.
Members of the Lithuanian Seimas after the restoration of the independence of the Republic of Lithuania on March 11, 1990.
Funds of the Archives of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania 2- 24-VI-030-101;VI-030-510.