Category:Erdmonas Simonaitis
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Deutsch: Erdmann Simoneit (30. Oktober 1888 in Juschka-Spötzen (heute Spiečiai), Deutsches Reich – 24. Februar 1969 in Weinheim, Bundesrepublik Deutschland), Buchautor, Verleger, Verfechter des Gebrauchs der lateinischen Alphabets für das Litauische und der Vereinigung Preußisch Litauens mit dem übrigen Litauen in Freiheit.
English: Erdmonas Simonaitis (October 30, 1888 in Spiečiai, Lithuania Minor – February 24, 1969 in Weinheim, West Germany), book author, publisher, Lituhnaian activist, advocate of the unification of Lithuania Minor with the rest of Lithuania. was a Prussian Lithuanian activist particularly active in the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) and advocating its union with Lithuania. After the Klaipėda Revolt of 1923, he headed the pro-Lithuanian government of the region and was persecuted by the Nazis during World War II. He survived the Mauthausen-Gusen and Dachau concentration camps. After the war he remained in Germany and rejoined various Lithuanian organizations. He was awarded the Order of Vytautas the Great and Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas.
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| Date of birth | 30 October 1888 Pagėgiai | ||||
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| Date of death | 24 February 1969 Weinheim | ||||
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Media in category "Erdmonas Simonaitis"
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Directory of Klaipeda Region 1923.jpg 517 × 420; 28 KB
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Erdmonas Simonaitis - a statesman of Lithuania Minor, a postcard, ca 1920s.jpg 1,280 × 2,048; 1.11 MB
Categories:
- 1888 births
- 1969 deaths
- Memelland
- People of Lithuania Minor
- People from Šilutė District Municipality
- People of East Prussia
- Recipients of the Iron Cross
- Survivors of the KZ Mauthausen concentration camp complex
- Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
- Male writers from Germany
- Publishers from Germany
- Politicians of Lithuania by name
- Mayors of Klaipėda