VI. The World Wars and the Interwar Period, 1914–1945 > C. Europe, 1919–1945 > 17. The Baltic States > b. Lithuania > 1932, Feb. 6
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1932, Feb. 6
 
The arrest of Herbert Boettcher, head of the Memel directorate, for alleged treasonable correspondence with Germany, ushered in a period of continued German protests and recrimination. Britain, France, and Italy periodically made efforts to hold Lithuania to respect the spirit as well as the letter of the Memel Statute, but with little success.  1
 
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The Nationalist Union, supporting Smetona, frankly adopted a Fascist (of course not German Fascist) program.  2
 
 
 
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