Gražbylė Venclauskaitė
Gražbylė Venclauskaitė (born May 31, 1912 in Riga , Latvia ( Russian Empire ), † February 1, 2017 ) was a Lithuanian lawyer .
Life
Her father was the lawyer Kazimieras Venclauskis (1880-1940) and her mother the actress Stanislava Jakševičiūtė-Venclauskienė (1874-1958). She had a sister, Danutė. Her godfather was the philosopher Vydūnas .
During the First World War she lived in Tula ( Russia ). In 1930 she graduated from the Šiauliai girls' high school and from 1930 to 1934 she studied law at the Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas in Kaunas . In 1937 she became a qualified lawyer. From 1934 to 1941 she worked as a judge in the Šiauliai and Joniškis courts . In 1941 she headed the notary department at the Judicial Commissioner in Soviet Lithuania . From 1941 to 1944 she was a lawyer in Žemaičių Naumiestis , from 1944 to 1947 in Kaunas and from 1947 until she retired in 1981 in Šiauliai .
Honors
- 1995: Righteous Among the Nations , together with mother and sister
- 2000: Honorary Citizen of the Municipality of Šiauliai
Web links
- Šiauliuose - Gražbylės Venclauskaitės 100-mečio jubiliejus . bernardinai.lt, May 31, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alvydas Januševičius: Vasario 1 dieną mirė Vydūno krikšto dukra ilgaamžė Gražbylė Venclauskaitė . Obituary in 15 minutes , February 2, 2017, accessed February 4, 2017 (Lithuanian).
- ^ The Righteous Among The Nations: Gražbylė Venclauskaitė . Yad Vashem website , accessed February 4, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Venclauskaitė, Gražbylė |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga , Latvia ( Russian Empire ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st February 2017 |