Juozas Urbšys [SEP] occupation
Juozas Urbšys
Juozas Urbšys (February 29, 1896 – April 30, 1991) was a prominent interwar Lithuanian diplomat, the last head of foreign affairs in independent interwar Lithuania, and a translator. He served in the military between 1916 and 1922, afterwards joining the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1938 Urbšys was named its head and served in this position until Lithuania's occupation in 1940. Urbšys was imprisoned by the Soviet authorities in 1940 and deported to Siberia, where he spent the next 13 years in various prisons
Karelia and Mannerheim Lines. He also noted that the resistance might have only made the horrific occupation conditions of the state even worse.
Two schools have been named for Juozas Urbšys: Kaunas 29th Secondary School and a school in Tiskūnai.
Awards.
- 1935 - Royal Order of the Pole Star (Sweden), Commander 1st class
Works.
Juozas Urbšys translated works by Georges Duhamel and Pierre Beaumarchais, among others. His memoir, "Lithuania During the Fatal Years, 1939-40", was published