Ona Šimaitė, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ona Šimaitė

Lithuanian librarian, activist, and Holocaust survivor

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1894

Place of Birth: Akmenė, Šiauliai County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 17-Jan-1970

Profession: librarian

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Ona Šimaite (6 January 1894 – 17 January 1970) was a Lithuanian librarian at Vilnius University who used her position to aid and rescue Jews in the Vilna Ghetto during World War II.