Shimaite, Anna — Congress for Jewish Culture

Shimaite, Anna

1894–1970

Anna Shimaite was a well-known Lithuanian socialist revolutionary. On September 1, 1941, she assisted the ransom of the Yiddish writer, Gershon Malakevitsh (among others) from a Nazi jail; but during a Nazi action he was taken to his death in Ponar.

We know of an article she wrote in Afn Shvel (New York) (November 1945) about Gershon Malakevitsh.

In 2015, there was a street named after her in Vilnius.

Sources: Article in this Lexicon about Gershon Malakevitsh; "Vilnius Names Street for Beloved Lithuanian Rescuer Ona Šimaitė" by Defending History staff, September 25, 2015 https://defendinghistory.com/vilnius-names-street-for-beloved-lithuanian-rescuer-ona-simaite/77166

Congress for Jewish Culture, Inc. Biographical Dictionary of Modern Yiddish Literature (Leksikon fun der Nayer Yidisher Literatur). Vol. 5. New York: Marstin Press, 1963.

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