Jonas Noreika | |
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 Noreika in 1925 | |
| Born | 8 October 1910 |
| Died | 26 February 1947 (aged 36) |
| Cause of death | Execution by shooting |
| Resting place | Tuskulėnai Manor, Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Nationality | Lithuanian |
| Other names | Generolas Vėtra ('General Storm') |
| Alma mater | Vytautas Magnus University |
| Known for | Plungė massacre |
| Spouse | Antanina Krapavičiūtė |
| Awards | Order of the Cross of Vytis (1997) |
| Conviction(s) | Treason War crimes |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
Jonas Noreika (8 October 1910 – 26 February 1947), also known by his post-war nom de guerre Generolas Vėtra (lit. 'General Storm'), was a Lithuanian anti-Soviet partisan, military officer.
In July 1941, he was the leader of the Lithuanian Activist Front in the Telšiai district.[1] Noreika later served as governor of the Šiauliai district during the Nazi occupation of Lithuania, where he signed orders confining the district's Jews in a ghetto[2] and confiscating their property. Noreika later became one of 46 Lithuanian authority and intellectual figures imprisoned by the Nazis at Stutthof concentration camp from March 1943 until the camp's dissolution on 25 January 1945 for inciting resistance to Nazi mobilization efforts. During the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, Noreika was drafted into the Soviet Army, then worked as a jurist in Vilnius, where he was an organizer of the anti-Soviet Lithuanian National Council. He was arrested by the Soviets in March 1946 and executed on 26 February 1947.