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Nijolė Sadūnaitė

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Lithuanian nun and dissident

Lived 1938 to 2024 · aged 85
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Nijolė Sadūnaitė was a Lithuanian clandestine Catholic nun of the Soviet period who worked with the Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania. In 1975 she faced three years of imprisonment for her efforts. She spent time imprisoned in Mordovia and then in Boguchany.

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Awards 3

Order of the Cross of Vytis
January 13th commemorative medal
Independence Medal

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Nijolė Sadūnaitė was a Lithuanian clandestine Catholic nun of the Soviet period who worked with the Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania. In 1975 she faced three years of imprisonment for her efforts. She spent time imprisoned in Mordovia and then in Boguchany. She reportedly faced a variety of abuses in this period, including torture. She wrote A Radiance in the Gulag about her experiences.

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Lived 1938 to 2024 · aged 85
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