Juozas Vitas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Juozas Vitas

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1899

Place of Birth: Lithuania

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1943

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Juozas Vitas (real name Juozas Valunas; 8 January 1899 – 1943) was a Lithuanian communist.
In 1942–1943, he organized the anti-German resistance group, Union for the Liberation of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos išlaisvinimo sajunga), and established contacts with Polish and Jewish underground.
These activities were detected by the Gestapo and Vitas was executed.
He was recognized as Hero of the Soviet Union in 1965.
He was the seventh and last Lithuanian to receive Hero of the Soviet Union for anti-German resistance.