rescuers of jews
Andriūnienė-Egan Stefanija
Stephanie Egan (Stefanija Andriūnienė) testifies:
Me, Stefanija Andriūnienė now Stephanie Egan, in 1942 supervised an orphanage in Kaunas and gave shelter and took care of a Jewish girl, who was left outside the door of the orphanage.
At that time the girl was 4 or 5 years old. Since 1944, when I left Lithuania, I knew nothing about this girl's life.
This year I returned to Lithuania, and began to search about " my " Jewish girl's destiny.
Thanks to the press at the beginning of December I got to know that a paralysed Jewish woman Janina Vitiene was hospitalized into the third hospital of Kaunas. On December 10, 1999 I went to the hospital, saw the patient and spoke with her, according to her possibilities. I recognized her and can testify, that Janina Vitiene is the same girl, whom I gave shelter an took care in 1942.
December 11, 1999 Stephanie Egan
Me, Stefanija Andriūnienė now Stephanie Egan, in 1942 supervised an orphanage in Kaunas and gave shelter and took care of a Jewish girl, who was left outside the door of the orphanage.
At that time the girl was 4 or 5 years old. Since 1944, when I left Lithuania, I knew nothing about this girl's life.
This year I returned to Lithuania, and began to search about " my " Jewish girl's destiny.
Thanks to the press at the beginning of December I got to know that a paralysed Jewish woman Janina Vitiene was hospitalized into the third hospital of Kaunas. On December 10, 1999 I went to the hospital, saw the patient and spoke with her, according to her possibilities. I recognized her and can testify, that Janina Vitiene is the same girl, whom I gave shelter an took care in 1942.
December 11, 1999 Stephanie Egan