Kipras Petrauskas (December 5, 1885 as Ciprijonas Petrauskas – January 17, 1968) was a Lithuanian and Soviet operatic tenor (created around 80 roles), professor, and Lithuanian Association of Artists member.

[4] In 1942, he was asked to hide a Jewish baby girl, Dana Pomeranz, which he and his wife agreed to do.

[5] To hide the girl better, he and his wife left the city, moving first to a Lithuanian village, and later to Austria and then Germany.

[5] In 1999, Petrauskas and his wife were recognized by Yad Vashem as two of the Righteous Among the Nations.

[5] Kipras Petrauskas made his first recordings for Vox (Berlin 1922), then Odeon (1926 and 1928) and finally Columbia (Vilnius, ca.