Ona Šimaitė

Lithuanian librarian, activist, and holocaust survivor (1894–1970).

Born January 6th, 1894 in Akmenė. [ref]

Died January 17th, 1970 at 76 years old in Cormeilles-en-Parisis. [ref]

Occupations
librarian, translator

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde