Elena Lukauskienė, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Elena Lukauskienė

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1909

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1959

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Elena Lukauskienė

  • Elena Lukauskiene (1 January 1909 – 17 March 1959), née Stankeviciute, married Raclauskiene, also Raclauskiene-Lukauskiene, was a Lithuanian chess master.
  • She was a two-time Lithuanian Women's Chess Champion (1938, 1949) and a participant at the Women's World Chess Championship (1939).
  • For saving two Jewish children during the Holocaust in Lithuania, she was recognized as the Righteous Among the Nations in 2006.

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