Jonas Noreika marble plaque

Šiuose rumuose 1945-1946 dirbo zymus rezistentas Lietuvos tautines tarybos ir lietuvos ginkluotuhu pajegu organizatorius ir vadas Jonas Noreika Generolas Vėtra sušaudytas 1947.02.26

English translation: "In these rooms 1945-1946 worked as a significant resistance in the Lithuanian National Council and Lithuanian armed forces powerful organizer and the commander Jonas Noreika General Storm shot down on 26.02.1947"
  • Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Library, Vilnius
This (ex) plaque is highly controversial Plaque by plaque, Lithuania confronts its wartime past. Noreika, a partisan leader, was accused of collaboration with the Nazis following research by his granddaughter. In April 2020, lawyer and aspiring politician Stanislovas Tomas was filmed smashing the plaque. OpenPlaques is a historical record and does not censor plaques.

Colour: marble

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