Table of Contents

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

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 Vincė
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 Vincė 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).