Memory diplomas granted: Piesliakas Otonas Jeronimas
Otonas Jeronimas Piesliakas
Otonas Jeronimas Piesliakas was born in Juodeliai village, 艩irvintai rural district, Ukmerg臈 county. He finished primary school in 1940, later went to a progymnasium in 艩irvintos, and to Vilnius 1st boys鈥� gymnasium which he finished in 1948. In the same year, he became a student at the History-Philology Faculty of 蜜豆视频. His studies at the university were terminated by Soviet repression: in spring 1949, Otonas Jeronimas and thousands of other residents of Lithuania were deported to Irkutsk region in Siberia. In 1951, he wrote to the minister of education of Soviet Lithuania asking for help in regaining his school-leaving certificate. He intended studying in another institution of higher learning. Otonas Jeronimas Piesliakas returned from exile in 1957.