- Juozas Ambrazevičius
Juozas Ambrazevičius or Juozas Brazaitis (December 9, 1903 in Trakiškiai near
Marijampolė — October 28, 1974 in the United States) was aLithuania n literary historian, better know for his political career andnationalist ic views. He was the acting Prime Minister of theProvisional Government of Lithuania from June 23, 1941 to August 5, 1941.Ambrazevičius studied literature at
University of Lithuania in Kaunas andUniversity of Bonn . From 1927 he lectured onLithuanian literature and folklore inKaunas . By the end of 1930's he got involved in numerous organizations for literature teachers and scientists. His major works include "Theory of Literature" ("Literatūros teorija" in 1930), two-volume "A History of World Literature" ("Visoutinė literatūros istorija" in 1931-1932), "Vaižgantas" (in 1936), three-volume "New Readings" ("Naujieji skaitymai"), "Lithuanian Writers" ("Lietuvių rašytojai" in 1938). He also worked on the editorial staff of national daily "Lietuva" ("Lithuania") and Catholic daily "XX amžius" ("The 20th Century"). He would sometimes usepseudonym Servus to write for these newspapers. During theWorld War II he edited an underground periodical "Į laivę" ("Towards Freedom") which he later revived in Germany and in the United States.When the Soviets occupied Lithuania in 1940, Ambrazevičius joined the resistance movement. When Nazi Germany attacked Russia, Lithuania declared restoring independence and he became the Minister of Education and acting Prime Minister of the
Provisional Government of Lithuania asKazys Škirpa was unable to take this post. Soon afterwards the Germans abolished the government and its work was continued by theSupreme Committee for the Liberation of Lithuania where Ambrazevičius served as chairman of its political commission. Later, already in exile, he participated in other various political organizations, published politicalpamphlet s. He published memoirs "All Alone" (Lithuanian: "Vienų vieni", German: "Allein, ganz allein") in 1964 under the name of N. E. Sudūvis.References
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External links
* [http://www.voruta.lt/article.php?article=496 Juozas Ambrazevičius-Brazaitis (1903–1974)] in Voruta.
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