Aleksandras Štromas
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Aleksandras Štromas (4 April 1931 - 13 June 1999) was a prominent Lithuania
n political scientist, dissident, professor.
, Lithuania
. During the Nazi occupation of Lithuania he was imprisoned into Ghetto. After he was saved from the Ghetto, Štromas was harbored by Antanas Sniečkus
. He studied at Vilnius University
, and later finished at Moscow University. In 1964 Štromas defended his doctoral thesis in law. Soon afterward Štromas became a critic of the Soviet regime and was forced to emigrate. In 1973 he settled in the United Kingdom
. There he became professor of Bradford University, and later worked in Saltford University, and, until his death, at Hillsdale College
. Aleksandras Štromas died on 13 June 1999 in the US.
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
n political scientist, dissident, professor.
Biography
Štromas was born in KaunasKaunas
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...
, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. During the Nazi occupation of Lithuania he was imprisoned into Ghetto. After he was saved from the Ghetto, Štromas was harbored by Antanas Sniečkus
Antanas Snieckus
Antanas Sniečkus was First Secretary of the Lithuanian Communist Party from August 1940 to January 22, 1974.- Biography :Antanas Sniečkus was born in 1903, in the village of Būbleliai, near Šakiai. During the First World War, his family fled to Russia where he observed the Russian revolution of 1917...
. He studied at Vilnius University
Vilnius University
Vilnius University is the oldest university in the Baltic states and one of the oldest in Eastern Europe. It is also the largest university in Lithuania....
, and later finished at Moscow University. In 1964 Štromas defended his doctoral thesis in law. Soon afterward Štromas became a critic of the Soviet regime and was forced to emigrate. In 1973 he settled in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. There he became professor of Bradford University, and later worked in Saltford University, and, until his death, at Hillsdale College
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, is a co-educational liberal arts college known for being the first American college to prohibit in its charter all discrimination based on race, religion, or sex; its refusal of government funding; and its monthly publication, Imprimis...
. Aleksandras Štromas died on 13 June 1999 in the US.