Juozas Aleksonis
Juozas Aleksonis (born October 23, 1913 in Ricieliai near Liškiava , Varėna district ; † April 5, 1944 in Kaunas ) was a Soviet partisan, Hero of the Soviet Union (1958).
Life
Aleksonis served in the Lithuanian armed forces and studied at the Kaunas Business School . In 1936 he became a Komsomol member. From 1940 to 1941 he worked for the Komsomol in Kaunas. During the Second World War , he fled to Russia . In 1942 he learned at the Western Front School for Radists (radio operators) at the Central Committee of the CPSU . In the summer of 1943 he became a partisan in Lithuania. He founded the radio station "Tiesos balsas" at Kaunas train station . In 1944 he shot himself.
In October 1963, a middle school in Kaunas (now Kauno Saulės gimnazija ) was renamed after Aleksonis. In 1969 the Soviet Union issued a stamp in memory of Aleksonis.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Radijo stotis "Tiesos balsas"
- ↑ http://www.saule.kaunas.lm.lt/saule/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=53
- ↑ Prieštaringi veikėjai
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aleksonis, Juozas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet partisan, Hero of the Soviet Union |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ricieliai near Liškiava , Varėna district |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1944 |
| Place of death | Kaunas |