Įžadas: kovoti, mylėti, gailėti
Jadvygos Bieliauskienės gyvenimas
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translation: Vow: to fight, to love, to pity - The life of Jadvyga Bieliauskiene
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Ramune Sakalauskaite's book tells the story of the life of a brave woman who inspires pride in the country that won the long-standing struggle for freedom and independence. J. Bieliauskiene, while still a high school student, took the oath to serve Lithuania on February 16, 1948. She was sentenced to 25 years in prison for supporting the partisans. After returning to freedom, she settled in Garliava, distributed the "Catholic Church Chronicle", gathered local schoolchildren into the Living Rosary Society and created anti-Soviet performances, which "provided" her with a second "roadmap" to the only Soviet women's political prisoner camp in Mordovia. J. Bieliauskiene's greeting to US President Ronald Reagan, written from the camp in 1985, was widely heard around the world. J. Bieliauskiene continued her activities in Lithuania, which had regained its independence: she contributed to the restoration of the Christian Democratic Party and the organization of the Future Workers, and took care of the victims of the January 13 massacre. The author draws on J. Bieliauskiene's letters and notes, the memories of her camp friends, comrades, Nijole Sadunaite, priest Roberts Grigas, and her son Zilvinas. The book is supplemented by documents, drawings by the fighter for Lithuanian freedom, and poems by the poet Irina Ratušinskaja, who was imprisoned with her in Mordovia.
The meaningful life of J. Bieliauskiene (1929–2009) is inspiring, and her attitude – to fight and not give up – is particularly relevant today, when the bloodthirsty nature of imperial Russia poses a threat to small nations, Europe, and the world.
