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Img. ID: 444823

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, 2022 , (Negative/Photo.:   A552654)

Memorial name

No official name.

Who is Commemorated?

Ona Šimaitė, Righteous Among the Nations

Description:

A red metal plaque with segmented upper and lower edges is affixed between the ground and upper floors on the exterior of the building at Savičiaus St. 13, where Ona Šimaitė lived from 1940 through 1944.

It bears a short Lithuanian inscription.

Inscription:

Vilniaus miesto savivaldybė

Čia 1940-1944 m.
gyveno biblitekininkė
Vilnius geto žydų gelbėtoja
Ona
Šimaitė
1894-1970

Translation: Vilnius city municipality. Here in 1940-1944 lived a librarian and the savior of the Jews of the Vilnius ghetto, Ona Šimaitė, 1894-1970.

Commissioned by
Vilnius municipality
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Vladimir Levin | 2022
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Commemorative plaque to Ona Šimaitė on Savičiaus St. 13 in Vilnius | Unknown
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2019
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Lithuania | Vilnius County | Vilnius
| Savičiaus St. 13
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