Petras Polekauskas | |
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 Petras Polekauskas in his hussar uniform, c. 1933–1940 | |
| Born | 19 April or 9 May 1909 Marijampolė or Vilkaviškis, Suwałki Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 12 April 1965 (aged 55) Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Cause of death | Suicide by jumping |
| Known for | Glinciszki massacre |
| Spouse(s) | Alena Levytė-Polekauskienė |
Petras Polekauskas (19 April or 9 May 1909 – 12 April 1965) was a Lithuanian officer of the Lithuanian Army, the Red Army's 29th Rifle Corps and then the Lithuanian Auxiliary Police Battalions formed by Nazi Germany. He is notable for ordering the Glinciszki massacre of 39 Polish civilians in June 1944. Initially in the post-war, Polekauskas was a refugee in West Germany due to the Soviet re-occupation of Lithuania in 1944–1945. In the 1950s, he emigrated to the United States, where he settled down, created a family and owned a local business in Hartford, Connecticut.
Polekauskas killed himself in 1965.