[2] The new government decided to establish a concentration camp and selected the building of the former Varniai Priest Seminary which was turned into military barracks after the Uprising of 1863.

[1] The people, including women and a few children, would be sent to the camp by an administrative order of a military commandant when the authorities lacked evidence for a criminal conviction.

They were editor of Tautos valia major Juozas Tomkus, former chairman of the Lithuanian Riflemen reserve captain Pranas Klimaitis, and M.

[5] Notable inmates included writer Butkų Juzė, communists Vladas Niunka, Mečislovas Gedvilas, socialist attorney Andrius Bulota,[3] former Minister of Finance Petras Karvelis.

Many schools were closed after 12 Polish teachers were arrested right after the coup while others lost their jobs under the pretext of insufficient knowledge of the Lithuanian language or lack of qualifications.

[8] The letter could also a forgery by Lithuanian political émigrés, internal opposition, or German government, which just now was starting the campaign to regain the Klaipėda Region (Memel territory).

[11] Lithuanian Prime Minister Augustinas Voldemaras sent a formal complaint to the League of Nations which debated the question during its December session.