Loreta Asanavičiūtė
Loreta Asanavičiūtė (born April 22, 1967 in Vilnius , † January 13, 1991 on Vilnius Bloody Sunday ) was the only female victim of the bloody events for the freedom and independence of Lithuania at the Vilnius TV tower .
Life
After finishing school in Karoliniškės , Loreta Asanavičiūtė worked as a seamstress for the Dovana combine . In evening classes she caught up with her A- levels and graduated from Vilniaus finansų ir kredito technikumas as an accountant . She was a member of several folk music ensembles and was committed to regaining the independence of her country in the Sąjūdis reform movement .
On January 13, 1991, Soviet OMON units attempted to take power in Lithuania by force and attacked the television tower for this purpose. A human chain opposed the tanks that wanted to storm the television tower. The tanks did not stop in front of the people, so Loreta Asanavičiūtė was run over and seriously injured. Numerous other people were injured as well. A few hours after the incident, she died in the Red Cross Hospital. The conversation she had with a doctor before the operation was recorded by a camera team. During the occupation of the television tower, four of the 14 people who died on Bloody Sunday in Vilnius were killed; they were overrun by tanks.
Like the other victims of January 13, 1991, Loreta Asanavičiūtė was buried in a grave of honor in the Antakalnis cemetery in Vilnius. She was posthumously awarded the Order of the Vytis Cross, First Class. Monuments and memorials in numerous Lithuanian cities commemorate them; Streets were named after her, including the street in front of her parents' apartment in the prefabricated housing estate in Karoliniškės near the Vilnius TV tower. Loreta has a sister and a mother who also participated in the resistance against the occupation of the TV tower.
Web links
- Image and articles on the memorial pages of the Lithuanian Parliament (Engl.)
- Lithuania - The girl and the tanks ( Phoenix - accompanying text to the television documentary by André Meier and Isabell Blöchl, accessed January 27, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Documentation Arte May 20, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Asanavičiūtė, Loreta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian woman, victim of peaceful demonstrations for Lithuanian independence |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vilnius |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1991 |