February 20, 2008(2008-02-20) (aged 88) Haifa, Israel
Allegiance
Soviet Union
Branch
NKVD, NKGB, MGB, KGB
Years of service
1941–1971
Rank
Lieutenant colonel
Awards
Medal for Courage
Order of the Patriotic War
Order of Lenin
Alma mater
Vilnius University (1964)
Nachman Dushanski (Lithuanian: Nachmanas Dušanskis, Russian: Нахман Ноахович Душанский, Hebrew: נחמן דושנסקי; December 29, 1919 – February 20, 2008) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish officer of Soviet security agencies. For over thirty years, he was involved in the suppression of the Lithuanian partisans and Nazi collaborators who fought against the Soviet Union. In Russia, he was regarded as a war hero and was awarded the Medal for Courage, Order of the Patriotic War, and Order of Lenin, while many Lithuanians perceived him as a war criminal for the killing and torture of German collaborators and insurgents.[1][2] In 1989, Dushanski immigrated to Israel. After Lithuania declared independence in 1990, Lithuanian prosecutors began a case for 9 criminal activities, but Israel refused to extradite him, on the grounds that the case was motivated by anti-Semitism. Dushanski died a free man in 2008.[3]
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^Norkienė, Daiva (September 29, 2003). "Izraelis negirdi Lietuvos prokuratūros prašymų" (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos žinios via Delfi.lt. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
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