The Soviet Union ended its war time truce against the Russian Orthodox Church, and extended its persecutions to the newly communist Eastern bloc: "In Poland, Hungary, Lithuania and other Eastern European countries, Catholic leaders who were unwilling to be silent were denounced, publicly humiliated or imprisoned by the communists.
The Soviet Union ended its wartime truce with the Russian Orthodox Church, and extended its persecution to newly communist Eastern bloc countries: "In Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, and other Eastern European nations, Catholic leaders who refused to remain silent were denounced, publicly humiliated, or imprisoned by the communists."