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Ona Šimaitė (6 January 1894 – 17 January 1970) was a Lithuanian librarian at Vilnius University who used her position to aid and rescue Jews in the Vilna Ghetto during World War II.[1]

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  1. 14 relations: Akmenė, Dachau concentration camp, Gestapo, GNU Free Documentation License, Kazys Boruta, Paper Brigade, Righteous Among the Nations, Tressange, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Vilna Ghetto, Vilnius, Vilnius University, World War II, Yad Vashem.

  2. Lithuanian Righteous Among the Nations
  3. Lithuanian emigrants to France
  4. Lithuanian people of World War II
  5. Vilna Ghetto

Akmenė

Akmenė is a city in northern Lithuania.

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Dachau concentration camp

Dachau was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany and the longest running one, opening on 22 March 1933.

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Gestapo

The Geheime Staatspolizei, abbreviated Gestapo, was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe.

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GNU Free Documentation License

The GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL or simply GFDL) is a copyleft license for free documentation, designed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for the GNU Project.

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Kazys Boruta

Kazys Boruta (6 January 1905, in Kūlokai, near Marijampolė – 9 March 1965, in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian writer, poet and political activist.

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Paper Brigade

The Paper Brigade was the name given to a group of residents of the Vilna Ghetto who hid a large cache of Jewish cultural items from YIVO (the Yiddish Scientific Institute), saving them from destruction or theft by Nazi Germany. Ona Šimaitė and Paper Brigade are Vilna Ghetto.

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Righteous Among the Nations

Righteous Among the Nations (חֲסִידֵי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם) is a title used by Yad Vashem to describe people who, for various reasons, made an effort to assist victims, including Jews, who were being exterminated by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust.

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Tressange

Tressange (Tressingen; Lorraine Franconian Träisséng/Dreschéng) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust.

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Vilna Ghetto

The Vilna Ghetto was a World War II Jewish ghetto established and operated by Nazi Germany in the city of Vilnius in the modern country of Lithuania, at the time part of the Nazi-administered italic.

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Vilnius

Vilnius, previously known in English as Vilna, is the capital of and largest city in Lithuania and the second-most-populous city in the Baltic states.

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Vilnius University

Vilnius University (Lithuanian: Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, which is the first and largest university in Lithuania, as well as one of the oldest and most prominent higher education institutions in Central and Eastern Europe.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yad Vashem

Yad Vashem (יָד וַשֵׁם) is Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.

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See also

Lithuanian Righteous Among the Nations

Lithuanian emigrants to France

Lithuanian people of World War II

Vilna Ghetto

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ona_Šimaitė

Also known as Ona Simaite.