Elena Žalinkevičaitė-Petrauskienė

Elena Žalinkevičaitė-Petrauskienė (September 23, 1900 – May 23, 1986) was a Lithuanian actress and writer.

[1] She was also the Lithuanian tenor Kipras Petrauskas's wife.

[2][3] In 1942, her husband was asked to hide a Jewish baby girl, Dana Pomeranz, which she and he agreed to.

[1] To hide the girl better, Elena and her husband left the city, moving first to a Lithuanian village, and later to Austria and then Germany.

[1] In 1999, Elena and her husband were recognized by Yad Vashem as two of the Righteous Among the Nations.