Algimantas Dailidė

Algimantas Mykolas Dailidė (12 March 1921 – 2015) was an official of the Nazi-sponsored Lithuanian Security Police 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 His citizenship was revoked in 1997,[3] and he fled to Germany in 2004.[1]

Algimantas Dailidė
Born(1921-03-12)12 March 1921
Kaunas, Lithuania
Died2015(2015-00-00) (aged 93–94)
Buried
Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina, Ohio, U.S.
Service/branchLithuanian Security Police
Battles/warsWorld War II

Dailidė was born in Kaunas in 1921. In 2006, a Lithuanian court convicted him of having arrested twelve Jews and two Poles who tried to flee from the Vilna Ghetto, and were subsequently executed.[4] However, he was not sentenced to prison "because he is very old and does not pose danger to society".[5] 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,[6] yet he was included in the list of Nazi war criminals facing possible prosecution in 2019.[2]

References
  1. "Nazi Collaborator Fled Arrest, Living Peacefully in Germany". Haaretz. 31 August 2008.
  2. 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.
  3. "Reading Eagle - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. "Simon Wiesenthal Center 2013 Annual Report on the Status of Nazi War Criminals" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-03.
  5. Lithuania: 85-year-old Nazi evades prison ynet, 27 March 2006
  6. "Algimantas M Dailide". Find a Grave.
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