Valerija Narvydaitė
Valerija Narvydaitė (1896–1970) was a
Early life and entry into the underground
She was born into a peasant family on November 5, 1896 in Meilūnai .[1][2] Narvydaitė started participating in the revolutionary movement in 1920.[2] She joined the underground Communist Party of Lithuania (LKP) in 1921.[1] She was a member of the LKP Pasvalys Subdistrict Committee 1921–1922 as well as the Panevėžys District Committee of the party.[1] When she was residing in Panevėžys she would often travel Kaunas, travelling by train dressed as a peasant woman and smuggling communist literature.[3] In the underground work she used code-names such as 'Darbininkė' ('Worker') and 'Lakštingala' ('Nightingale').[4][5]
Prisoner
She was arrested in March 1922 and imprisoned for four years.[2] After release from prison she settled in Kaunas and worked at a knitwear factory.[2] During 1926 to 1929, Narvydaitė operated as a liaison for the LKP Central Committee.[1] She was repeatedly arrested, detained and imprisoned.[2] She was jailed in Šiauliai, Kaunas, Ukmergė, Kretinga, Bajorai , Varniai, Marijampolė and Fort IX.[6] She fell seriously ill during her imprisonment.[6] All in all she spent over 14 years in jails and detention centres.[2]
Later Kaunas period
During the period of 1938 to 1940 she was again based in Kaunas, conducting communist activities.[1] She was the organizer of the Apartment Tenants Union in Kaunas during those years.[7]
World War II and establishment of the Lithuanian SSR
She was a member of the Supreme Electoral Commission for the 1940 People's Seimas election.[8] She served as Deputy People's Commissar for Social Welfare of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1940–1941.[1]
Between 1942 and 1942, she served as the deputy representative for the Lithuanian SSR Council of People's Commissars and the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) of Lithuania Central Committee for the evacuated Lithuanians in
Later life
She would later serve in other roles, working with the Vilnius City Executive Committee, as Head of Department of Publishing Houses and Printing Boards and in the apparatus of the
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija, Vol. 8. Mokslas, 1976. p. 96
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Mirė įžymi lietuvių tautos dukra, Laisvė, December 18, 1970. p. 2
- ^ Motiejus ŠumauskasKovu̜ verpetuose. Vaga, 1973. p. 298
- ^ Romas Šarmaitis. Lietuvos Komunistų partijos spauda 1917-1940: bibliografija, Vol. 2. Mintis, 1981. p. 98, 370
- ^ Jonas Mačiulis. Lietuviškieji slapyvardžiai: Papildymai. Taisymai. Lietuvos Nacionalinė M. Mažvydo biblioteka, Bibliografijos ir knygotyros centras, 2003. p. 231
- ^ a b Taip tėvai kovojo: iš revoliucionierių atsiminimų. Vaga, 1977. p. 155
- ^ Partijos istorijos institutas. Lietuvos Komunistų partijos istorijos apybraiža: 1920-1940. Mintis, 1971. pp. 432, 556
- ^ Kristina Ivanauskaitė-Pettinar. POLITINIŲ PARTIJŲ TEISINIO STATUSO RAIDA LIETUVOJE 1918–1940 M.. Vilnius (2016)