Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Lithuania ta rasa 'yancin kai kuma a hankali ta zama jamhuriya ta gurguzu ta Soviet. A lokaci guda, sojojin Lithuania a hankali sun canza zuwa rukunin Red Army. An dakatar da aiki a makarantar soja lokacin da aka sake kiran maza zuwa rukunonin su, amma ba a ba Raštikis damar yin murabus ba. An sanya shi zuwa Rundunar 'Yan bindiga ta 29 kuma an nada shi mataimakin shugaban kwamitin da ke kula da rushe sojojin Lithuania. An sake shi daga aiki ne kawai a ranar 20 ga Disamba. A ranar 13 ga Fabrairu, 1941, saboda tsoron kama shi da NKVD a matsayin "magabcin mutane", Raštikis ya bar matarsa da 'ya'ya mata uku a Kaunas kuma ya tashi zuwa Jamus. Wannan shi ne karo na karshe da ya ga'ya'yansa mata waɗanda suke
an tura shi Siberia a watan Yuni. Ya haye kan iyaka a daren Maris 19 kuma Jamus ta karbe shi da kyau. Tare da taimakon Lithuanians daban-daban, ya zauna a Berlin. A can ya haɗu da Kazys Škirpa a cikin shirya Frontungiyar Masu Fafutukar Lithuania (LAF). Musamman, ya shirya tsarin LAF kuma ya tsara tsare-tsaren 'yantar da Lithuania.