Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I ngaro a Rītū i tōna mana motuhake, ā, ka huri haere ki tētahi rangatiratanga pāpori Soviet. I te wa ano, ka hurihia te ope Lithuanian ki nga waahanga o te ope Whero. I mutu te mahi i te whare wānanga hoia i te wa i karangahia ai nga tangata ki o raatau waahanga, engari kaore i whakaaetia a Raštikis ki te whakarere. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te 29th Rifle Corps ka tohua hei tumuaki tuarua mo te komihana e whakahaere ana i te whakakorenga o nga hoia Lithuanian. I tukuna ia mai i te mahi kaha i te 20 o Tihema. I te Hui-tanguru 13, 1941, i te wehi ki te mauheretia e te NKVD hei "enemi o te iwi", ka mahue a Raštikis i tana wahine me ana tamahine tokotoru i Kaunas ka haere ki Tiamana. Koia te wā whakamutunga i kite ai ia i ana tamahine i whakahekea ki Hiberia
i te marama o Hune. I whiti ia i te rohe i te po o te Poutu-te-rangi 19 a i manakohia e nga Tiamana. Na te awhina o etahi Lithuanians, i noho ia ki Berlin. I reira ka uru atu ia ki a Kazys Škirpa ki te whakahaere i te Lithuanian Activist Front (LAF). Ina koa, i whakatikahia e ia te ture o LAF me te tuhi mahere mo te whakaoranga o Lithuania.