Algimantas Dailidė | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 March 1921 Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Died | 2015 (aged 93–94) |
| Buried | Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina, Ohio, U.S. |
| Service/ | Lithuanian Security Police |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Algimantas Mykolas Dailidė (12 March 1921 – 2015) was an official of the Nazi-sponsored Lithuanian Security Police (Saugumas) during World War II. After the war, Dailidė sought refuge in the United States, saying he had been a "forester." While in the United States, Dailidė lived in both Florida and Cleveland, Ohio.[1][2] He was a real estate agent until he retired to Gulfport, Florida. His citizenship was revoked in 1997,[3] and he fled to Germany in 2004.[1]
Dailidė was born in Kaunas in 1921. He joined the Saugumas in 1941 until he fled Lithuania to Germany as a refugee in 1944. He then went to the United States in 1950 as a non-quota immigrant under a DPA visa.[4] In 2006, a Lithuanian court convicted him of having arrested twelve Jews, including women and children, and two Poles who tried to flee from the Vilna Ghetto, and were subsequently executed.[5] Dailidė received a 5-year prison sentence, but it was not enforced "because he is very old and does not pose danger to society".[6][7] In 2008, Haaretz reported that he lived in Kirchberg, Germany.[1] However, online databases verify that Dailidė died in 2015, and was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina, Ohio, United States,[8][9] yet he was included in the list of Nazi war criminals facing possible prosecution in 2019.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Nazi Collaborator Fled Arrest, Living Peacefully in Germany". Haaretz. 31 August 2008.
- ^ a b Zuroff, Dr. Efraim (December 2018). "Worldwide Investigation and Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals: An Annual Status Report (April 1, 2017– March 31, 2018)" (PDF). operationlastchance.org. Simon Wiesenthal Center – Israel Office: Snider Social Action Institute. p. 37. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "Reading Eagle - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ^ "United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Algimantas Dailide, defendant-appellant, 227 F.3d 385 (6th Cir. 2000)". justia.com. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Simon Wiesenthal Center 2013 Annual Report on the Status of Nazi War Criminals" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-03.
- ^ Lithuania: 85-year-old Nazi evades prison ynet, 27 March 2006
- ^ "Wiesenthal Center Protests Lithuanian Court's Refusal to Punish Ex-Policeman It Convicted for Holocaust Crimes". www.wiesenthal.com. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ "Algimantas M Dailide". BillionGraves.
- ^ "Algimantas M Dailide". People Legacy.
