Jonas виvinis ( lit. Jonas Žvinys ; December 17, 1901, Aktapolis , now the Moletsky district , Lithuania - February 10, 1994, Vilnius ) - a priest, a Lithuanian collaborator , during the Holocaust involved in the killing of 1,200 Jews [2] [3] . In 1941 he was commander of the guerrilla rebel Molyatskaya parish, Commander of the Order of the Cross Vitis [4] . After gaining independence, Lithuania began to be considered a fighter for the independence of Lithuania [5] .
| Jonas виvinis | |
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| lit. Jonas Žvinys [1] | |
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| Date of death | February 10, 1994 |
| Place of death | Vilnius |
| Years of service | 1918-, 1941- |
| Commanded | Rebel partisans of the Molyatskaya Volost |
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Biography
Jonas виvinis was born in 1901 . He studied at the Vilnius Gymnasium , but did not graduate [4] . In 1918 he volunteered for the front and fought with the Poles under Sirvintai and Gedraychiai [4] . In 1930 he became a priest. From 1939 he began to serve as pastor in the village of Dubingiai [4] .
After the German attack on the Soviet Union , together with Lubartas Klamas and Budris Jeronimas, a gang of armed nationalists formed [4] . Since July 1941, members of this gang arrested Jews, and on August 29, 1941, a gang shot about 1,200 Jews [4] .
In 1947, he was arrested and served his sentence in camps for 10 years [4] .
He died in 1994. In 1999, President of the Republic of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus posthumously awarded виvinis with the Order of the Cross of Vytis [4] [3] , before information about his past surfaced.
Books
He wrote the book “Notes of my life” ( lit. Mano gyvenimo užrašai ) with anti-Semitic views [4] .
Memory
- A plaque on the house where the priest Jonas виvinis lived [6] .
- In 2016, they tried to perpetuate the name of a collaborator [2] . In the town of Moletai, a question was raised about renaming a part of Darbó street on behalf of the priest Jonas виvinis [4] . The renaming was initiated by Stasis виvinis, mayor of the Moletsky district, a distant relative of the collaborator Jonas виvinis [2] . A relative also wanted to erect a monument to the collaborator [7] . After the scandal erupted, Stasys виvinis decided to withdraw from the discussion [2] and the renaming and monument did not take place.
Notes
- ↑ Former Komsomol members left at the trough of power in Lithuania zealously stigmatize the Soviet era
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Why Lithuania heroes Nazi accomplices
- ↑ 1 2 How in Lithuania justify celebrations in the territory of the Nazi concentration camps
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 What hides the past of the hero-priest: who contributed to the death of 1200 Jews in Moletai?
- ↑ City authorities Moletai plans to assign the name of a possible Holocaust participant to one of the city streets
- ↑ Witness of the Holocaust: in Lithuania, the murderers of Jews got an excess of glory
- ↑ Last Sunday of August