Algimantas Dailidė | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1921-03-12)12 March 1921 Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Died | 2015(2015-00-00) (aged 93–94) |
| Buried | Spring Grove Cemetery inMedina, Ohio, U.S. |
| Branch | Lithuanian Security Police |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
Algimantas Mykolas Dailidė (12 March 1921 – 2015) was a Lithuanian Nazi collaborator who was an official of theNazi-sponsoredLithuanian Security Police (Saugumas) duringWorld War II. After the war, Dailidė sought refuge in theUnited States, saying he had been a "forester." While in the United States, Dailidė lived in both Florida andCleveland,Ohio.[1][2] He was a real estate agent until he retired toGulfport, Florida. His citizenship was revoked in 1997,[3] and he fled to Germany in 2004.[1]
Dailidė was born inKaunas 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 aDPA visa.[4] In 2006, aLithuanian court convicted him of having arrested twelveJews, including women and children, and twoPoles who tried to flee from theVilna 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 inKirchberg, Germany.[1] However, online databases verify that Dailidė died in 2015, and was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery inMedina, Ohio, United States,[8][9] yet he was included in the list ofNazi war criminals facing possible prosecution in 2019.[2]
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