rescuers of jews
Sezemanas Vasilijus
Vasilij Sezeman
During the World War II Vasilij Sezeman, his wife Vilma Sezeman and her daughter Natalija Kovrigina lived in their flat at Didžioji str. in Vilnius. From the 1941 they hid a Jewish girl, they called her “Liolia”, the girl’s true name was unknown, her surname was Levinaitė (according to some other sources the hidden girl was Maslė Litvinaitė). Liolia lived in the Sezeman’s family during almost all the wartime. She was about 18-20 years old. At first Liolia was very fearful: if somebody knocked at the door, she used to hide under Natalija’s bed. Later she started to go out. Sometimes she went for a walk with Natalija (it was more safe). They used to go to Gediminas avenue, where Liolia’s Polish friend Janina lived, near the present Lithuanian Drama Theatre. One day, shortly before the retreat of Nazis, Liolia went out and didn’t return. Nobody knows what happened to her.
Sezemans' apartment was situated close to the ghetto. Former students of Vasilij Sezeman secretly visited their professor, listened to his lectures on logics and aesthetics.
V.Sezeman had a permit to enter the ghetto due to some of the university archives were kept in the territory of the ghetto. The professor often visited his Jewish students, supported their spirits. Vilma Sezeman used to boil potatoes and beetroots and Vasilij Sezeman brought this food to his students.
During the World War II Vasilij Sezeman, his wife Vilma Sezeman and her daughter Natalija Kovrigina lived in their flat at Didžioji str. in Vilnius. From the 1941 they hid a Jewish girl, they called her “Liolia”, the girl’s true name was unknown, her surname was Levinaitė (according to some other sources the hidden girl was Maslė Litvinaitė). Liolia lived in the Sezeman’s family during almost all the wartime. She was about 18-20 years old. At first Liolia was very fearful: if somebody knocked at the door, she used to hide under Natalija’s bed. Later she started to go out. Sometimes she went for a walk with Natalija (it was more safe). They used to go to Gediminas avenue, where Liolia’s Polish friend Janina lived, near the present Lithuanian Drama Theatre. One day, shortly before the retreat of Nazis, Liolia went out and didn’t return. Nobody knows what happened to her.
Sezemans' apartment was situated close to the ghetto. Former students of Vasilij Sezeman secretly visited their professor, listened to his lectures on logics and aesthetics.
V.Sezeman had a permit to enter the ghetto due to some of the university archives were kept in the territory of the ghetto. The professor often visited his Jewish students, supported their spirits. Vilma Sezeman used to boil potatoes and beetroots and Vasilij Sezeman brought this food to his students.