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The strategic aim of the Third Reich towards the Baltic Sea countries was their colonization and germanization.About 1/3 of the Lithuanians were to be germanized. The rest of the Lithuanians and Poles were to be resettled to the East. In the first years of the occupation German administration's policy was favorable towards the Lithuanians. They took the most important posts in the local administration...