Museum of occupations
and freedom fights

When the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania, almost 150,000 people were imprisoned in correctional labour camps or special regime camps. In both, inhuman conditions of imprisonment and the exploitation, humiliation and stigmatisation of political prisoners forced the prisoners to unite and resist the camp administration. Well-organised uprisings with specific demands to the camp administration and the highest leadership of the Soviet Union took place in Vorkuta, Norilsk, and Kengir. An educational session provides information about the main stages of these uprisings. A discussion takes place at the end of the session.