Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekupinda kweGerman neSoviet munaGunyana 1939, Soviet Union yakasaina chibvumirano neLithuania musi wa10 Gumiguru, yakapa guta rePoland nechiJudha reWilno (rakatumidzwa zita rekuti Vilna) kuLithuania, mukutsinhana nezvikwereti zvemauto, uye yakazobatana neLithuania muna 1940 mushure mesarudzo. Kupinda kweGermany muSoviet Union, musi wa22 June 1941, kwakauya pashure pegore rokugara kweSoviet rakanga rapera nokudzingwa kwevanhu vakawanda munyika dzeBaltic
vhiki imwe bedzi pamberi pokupinda kweGermany. VaNazi vakagamuchirwa sevanunuri uye vakagamuchira tsigiro kubva kumapoka emasoja asingabvumirwi nomutemo eLithuania mukurwisana nemauto eSoviet akanga achidzokera shure. VaLithuania vazhinji vaidavira kuti Germany yaizobvumira kudzorerwa kworusununguko rwenyika. Kuti vanyaradze vaGermany, vamwe vanhu vakaratidza kuti vaivenga vaJudha. Nazi Germany, iyo yakanga yatora nzvimbo dzeLithuania muvhiki yekutanga yekurwisa, yakashandisa mamiriro ezvinhu aya kuti ibatsire uye zvirokwazvo mumazuva ekutanga yakabvumira hurumende yeLithuania yeLithuanian Activist Front kuti igadziriswe. Kwenguva pfupi zvaiita sokuti vaGermany vakanga vava kuda kupa Lithuania kuzvitonga kuzhinji, kwakaenzana nokwakapiwa Slovak Republic. Zvisinei, pashure pemwedzi mumwe chete, masangano echiLithuania aiva nepfungwa dzokuzvimiririra akaparadzwa munenge muna August naSeptember 1941, sezvo vaGermany vakatora simba rakawanda.