Register of the Ona Simaite papers
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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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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1974.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ona Simaite Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Alternative Form Available
Also available on microfilm (3 reels).
Biographical Note
| 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
BIOGRAPHICAL, MEMORABILIA, AND MISCELLANEOUS FILE, 1941-1970
CORRESPONDENCE, 1956-1970
box 1, folder 4
Birziskaite-Zymantiene, Marija, 1956
box 1, folder 5
Churginas, Aleksys, 1966-1969
box 1, folder 6
Cilvinaite, Marija, 1957, 1962, 1969
box 1, folder 7-9
Dainauskas, Jonas, 1959-1970
box 1, folder 10
Gudelis, Martynas, 1957-1966
box 1, folder 11-13
Kauneckas, Vytautas, 1957-1969
box 2, folder 1
Landsbergis, Vytautas, 1968
box 2, folder 2
Liobyte, Aldona, 1964-1969
box 2, folder 4
Meras, Icchokas, 1960-1967
box 2, folder 5
Neris (Salemeia) Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania, 1966, 1968
box 2, folder 6
Students in Vilnius, Lithuania, 1966
box 2, folder 7
Tumelis, Juozas, 1968-1969
box 2, folder 8-11
Urbsys, Juozas, 1959-1969
box 2
Photographs: 22 prints depicting Lithuanian friends and associates of O. Simaite.
Scope and Contents note
22 prints depicting Lithuanian friends and associates of Simaite
