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About Adolfas Ramanauskas - Vanagas
Adolfas Ramanauskas codename Vanagas (March 6, 1918 in New Britain, Connecticut – November 29, 1957 in Vilnius) was one of the prominent leaders of the Lithuanian partisans. Ramanauskas worked as a teacher when Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1944–45. He joined anti-Soviet resistance, advancing from a platoon commander to the chairman of the Union of Lithuanian Freedom Fighters. From 1952 he lived in hiding with fake papers. Ramanauskas was the last partisan commander to be captured.[1] Betrayed, he was arrested, tortured, and eventually executed by KGB. After Lithuania regained independence in 1990, Ramanauskas was posthumously awarded the Order of the Cross of Vytis and promoted to brigadier general.[2] His daughter, Auksutė Ramanauskaitė-Skokauskienė, was elected to the Seimas (Lithuanian parliament) in 2008.
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Adolfas Ramanauskas - Vanagas's Timeline
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March 6, 1918
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New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
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| 1957 |
November 29, 1957
Age 39
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Vilnius, Vilnius city municipality, Vilnius County, Lithuania
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October 6, 2018
Age 39
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Antakalnis cemetery
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