Stanislava Jakševičiūtė-Venclauskienė

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Stanislava Jakševičiūtė-Venclauskienė ( July 9, 1874 in Šiauliai - January 16, 1958 in Waterbury , Connecticut ) was a Lithuanian actress and director . As a foster mother , she raised more than a hundred orphans and homeless children. She also saved some Jewish men, women and children during the Shoah with the help of her daughters .

In 1995 she and her two daughters were recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations .

Life

She graduated from the girls' high school in Riga , joined the national movement and studied stage arts in Riga and St. Petersburg . In 1899 she was involved as a director and actress in the production of the Lithuanian comedy Amerika pirtyje by Juozas Vilkutaitis-Keturakis in Palanga . In 1902 she married the lawyer Kazimieras Venclauskis (1880-1940), the couple had two daughters, Gražbylė (1912-2017) and Danutė .

After the wedding, she lived with her husband in Riga for a few years , where she worked as a primary school teacher and performed plays for the Lithuanian residents. In 1908 she returned to her native Siauliai. There she performed at the Russian Theater Nikolaj Dolzhensk . She took in numerous orphaned children and young people in her home. In 1944 she left Lithuania, first lived in Germany and finally emigrated to the United States.

literature

  • Leonas Peleckis. Namuose ant Pasadnos ulyčios. - Biografinė apybraiža. - Vilnius: Valstybinis Leidybos centras, 1991. - 138 pages
  • Leonas Peleckis-Kaktavičius. Namuose ant Pasadnos ulyčios: dar po dvidešimties metų. - Memuarinė eseistika. - Šiauliai: “Aušros” muziejaus Leidykla, 2009. - 302 pages, 95 illustrations - ISBN 978-9986-766-49-0

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Righteous Among the Nations : The Righteous Among The Nations: Venclauskienė FAMILY , accessed September 26, 2018
  2. ↑ Simas Sužiedėlis (ed.): Venclauskienė, Stanislava In: Encyclopedia Lituanica . Vol. 6, Boston 1978.
personal data
SURNAME Jakševičiūtė-Venclauskienė, Stanislava
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lithuanian actress and director
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Šiauliai , Lithuania ( Russian Empire )
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1958
Place of death Waterbury , Connecticut , USA