Erdmonas Simonaitis

Erdmonas Simonaitis , Province of East Prussia February 24, 1969 in Weinheim, West Germany was a Prussian Lithuanian activist particularly active in the Klaipda Region and advocating its union with Lithuania. During the staged Klaipda Revolt of 1923, he headed the proLithuanian government of the region. For his antiGerman activities, he was persecuted by the Nazis during World War II. He survived the MauthausenGusen 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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