Juozas Ambrazevičius

During World War II he edited an underground periodical Į laisvę [lt] (Towards Freedom), which he later revived in Germany and the United States.

[2] Their early publications called for the expulsion of Jews from Lithuania and the requisition of their property and blamed them for the country's loss of independence.

[4][5] LAF representative Leonas Prapuolenis broadcast an announcement of the newly independent Lithuanian state and its formation of a provisional government.

[8][9] Its commander, Franz Walter Stahlecker, explained in an October 15 report that after meeting with little enthusiasm from the Security Police, he had used Klimaitis' men rather than his own for the Kaunas pogrom.

[10] It had to be shown to the world that the native population itself took the first action by way of natural reaction against the suppression by Jews during several decades and against the terror exercised by the Communists during the preceding period.

(Comprehensive report of Einsatzgruppe A up to 15 October 1941)Ambrazevičius became acting Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of Lithuania when Kazys Škirpa, originally envisioned for the role, was under house arrest in Berlin.

[11] "The Provisional Government which was politically selected by the LAF and arose out of the June Uprising with acting prime minister professor Juozas Ambrazevičius at its head, did engage in political collaboration with the Third Reich" wrote Algimantas Kasparavičius [lt] of the Lithuanian Institute of History in 2017, citing antisemitic legislation passed by the Provisional Government, apparently unprompted, such as the August 1st proposed Regulations on the Status of the Jews for example.

[14] At Vytautas Magnus University, 31 people were dismissed, mostly Jews, but also Tatars, Russians, and Poles, as well as Lithuanians accused of supporting Soviet rule.

[23] On 25 November 1943 both organisations founded the Supreme Committee for the Liberation of Lithuania (VLIK), Steponas Kairys became the chairman, and Adolfas Damušis from the LF his deputy.

[25] Although VLIK considered itself the sole representative of the Lithuanian state, it remained mainly a consultative committee of numerous organizations that retained autonomy.

[25] In the summer of 1944 Ambrazevičius left for Germany, and from there in 1948 for the United States, where he edited a Catholic daily named Darbininkas lit.

[31] His major works include In 2009 Ambrazevičius was posthumously awarded Lithuania's highest decoration, the Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great.

[34] At the reburial ceremony in Kaunas, adviser to Lithuanian prime minister Andrius Kubilius said that a 1975 investigation by US Immigration had found no evidence of Brazaitis being involved in anti-Semitic or pro-Nazi activities.