After the war's end and the subsequent reoccupation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union, these Displaced Persons were allowed to immigrate from DP camps in Germany to the United States and to apply for American citizenship thanks to a special act of Congress which bypassed the quota system that was still in place until 1967.
After World War II ended and the Soviet Union retook Lithuania, displaced persons (DPs) were allowed to immigrate from German DP camps to the United States and apply for American citizenship thanks to a special law passed by Congress that exempted them from the quota system which was still in place until 1967.