Apr 24, 2019
Among the ranks of partisans there were several women who contributed to the resistance in several ways. Here Sofija Budėnaitė–codename Ramunė (Daisy) –receives a medal for bravery in April 1948. The medal is awarded by the commander of the military district Adolfas Ramanauskas—codename Vanagas (Hawk). The motivation for the award is read by Lionginas Balukevičius—codename Dzūkas (The man from Dzukija). These were, besides Juozas Lukša and some others, some of the most well known resistance leaders. Both of the men on the picture wrote accounts of their lives as partisans, which were published posthumously.
Photo and caption featured in Forest Brothers: The Account of an Anti-Soviet Lithuanian Freedom Fighter 1944-1948 by Juozas Lukša
