Julius Sasnauskas

As a high school student Julius took part in anti-Soviet underground activities, serving as a courier and typist for the local leadership. Discovered and arrested by the KGB he was interrogated almost daily for many months, then tried and sentenced to years of exile deep into Eastern Russia.  He became a Franciscan priest, the head of an issue-oriented radio station, is well known as a university pastor and as a spokesman for human rights issues.  He also describes the terrible pains of isolation from family and the use of hunger to control in Siberia.

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