Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe mwakpo ndị German na ndị Soviet nke Septemba 1939, Soviet Union bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta na Lithuania na 10 Ọktọba, nyefere obodo ndị Poland na ndị Juu nke Wilno (aha Vilna) na Lithuania, na mgbanwe maka nkwekọrịta agha, ma mesịa tinye Lithuania na 1940 mgbe ntuli aka gasịrị. Ọgụ ndị Germany wakporo Soviet Union, na 22 June 1941, bịara mgbe otu afọ nke ndị Soviet ji ya mee ihe, nke ruru n'ọgwụgwụ na
a na-achụpụ ọtụtụ mmadụ n'obodo ndị dị na Baltic nanị otu izu tupu ndị Germany awakpo ha. A nabatara ndị Nazi dị ka ndị nnapụta ma nweta nkwado site n'aka ndị agha Lithuania na-adịghị edozi ahụ megide ndị agha Soviet na-alaghachi azụ. Ọtụtụ ndị Lithuania kwenyere na Germany ga-ekwe ka e nwetaghachi nnwere onwe nke mba ahụ. Iji mee ka obi jụrụ ndị Germany, ụfọdụ ndị kwupụtara echiche ndị na-emegide ndị Juu n'ụzọ pụtara ìhè. Nazi Germany, nke weghaara ókèala Lithuania n'izu mbụ nke mwakpo ahụ, jiri ọnọdụ a mee ihe maka uru ya ma n'ezie n'ụbọchị ndị mbụ kwere ka e guzobe Gọọmentị Lithuanian nke Lithuanian Activist Front. Ruo oge dị mkpirikpi, o yiri ka ndị Germany hà na-aga inye Lithuania nnwere onwe dị ukwuu, nke a pụrụ iji tụnyere nke e nyere Slovak Republic. Agbanyeghị, mgbe ihe dị ka otu ọnwa gachara, ndị otu Lithuanian ndị nwere onwe ha agbaghaala n'ihe dị ka Ọgọst na Septemba 1941, ka ndị German jidere njikwa karịa.