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Title: Ona Simaite papers
Date (inclusive): 1941-1970
Collection Number: 74075
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Lithuanian
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, notes, memorabilia, and photographs, relating to underground aid to the Jewish ghetto inhabitants of Vilnius,
Lithuania, during the German occupation, 1941-1944.
Creator:
Šimaitė, Ona, 1894-1970
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1974.
[Identification of item], Ona Simaite Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Also available on microfilm (3 reels).
| 1894 | Born, Akmene, Lithuania |
| 1941-1944 | Librarian and literary critic at Vilna University, involved in underground aid to the Jewish ghettos during the German occupation of Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 1944 | Arrested and sentenced to death for aid to Jews, Vilna University officials intervened and she was sent to Dachau and later to a camp in southern France |
| 1953 | Arrived in Israel and remained there until death, living with those whom she aided during World War II in Vilnius |
| 1970 | Died, Israel |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Jews -- Lithuania
World War, 1939-1945 -- Lithuania
Lithuania -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944