Antanas Impulevičius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Antanas Impulevičius

Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1907

Place of Birth: Panevėžys, Panevėžys County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 04-Dec-1970

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Antanas Impulevičius

  • Antanas Impulevicius-Impulenas (28 January 1907 – 4 December 1970) was an officer of the Lithuanian Army, reaching the rank of major in 1937, and later a Nazi collaborator.
  • After the occupation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union, he was arrested by NKVD.
  • He was freed during the Uprising of June 1941.
  • Impulevicius joined the Lithuanian Schutzmannschaft and commanded the 12th Police Battalion.
  • His unit was sent to Belarus where it participated in mass executions of the Jews, particularly in Minsk and Kletsk.
  • He also joined the short-lived Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force.
  • In 1944, he moved to Germany, in 1949 he relocated to the United States.
  • In 1962, Supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR sentenced him to death in absentia.
  • After the trial, United States dismissed Soviet request to extradite him.

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