Elena Žalinkevičaitė-Petrauskienė (September 23, 1900 – May 23, 1986) was a Lithuanian actress and writer. She was also the Lithuanian tenor Kipras Petrauskas's wife. In 1942, her husband was asked to hide a Jewish baby girl, Dana Pomeranz, which she and he agreed to. To hide the girl better, Elena and her husband left the city, moving first to a Lithuanian village, and later to Austria and then Germany. In 1947 they came back to Lithuania, and they found Dana's parents and gave her back to them.
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23 September 1900 Padustėlis, Dusetos Parish, Russian Empire
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Died |
23 May 1986 (aged 85) Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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