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The opening as it read in 2010

Nachman Dushanski (also spelled Nachman Dushansky, Nachman Dushanskiy, Nachmanas Dusanskis, Душанский Нахман Ноахович) (born ca. 1919, died 2008) was a Russian war criminal from the Second World War , known as one of the main individuals responsible for the Rainiai massacre in June 1941. Being a Jew , he fled to Israel after the downfall of the Soviet Union . In 2001, an arrest warrant for Dushanski was issued and Lithuania formally requested that Israel extradite Dushanski. Israel, however, denied the request, having previously also denied other requests for cooperation in the investigation. The indictment of Dushanski names nine people that Dushanski either helped to deport or execute. According to the prosecutors, his victims included anti-Soviet resisters who had sought refuge in area forests to escape persecution by communist authorities. Dushanski was born in Lithuania. After the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, he began working for the Soviet secret police in 1940, a work he continued for over 30 years. Succeeding in escaping justice, he died in Israel in 2008, 89 years old . http://vz.lt/Default2.aspx?ArticleID=508e4b1b-0cac-4240-904a-d5ce776a73e7&ref=rss¹

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Nachman Dushanski (also spelled Nachman Dushansky, Nachman Dushanskiy, , Russian: Нахман Ноахович Душанский ; December 29, 1919 in Šiauliai – February 20, 2008 in Haifa ) was a Jewish officer of Soviet security agencies ( NKVD , NKGB , MGB , KGB ) in the Lithuanian SSR for over thirty years. He was heavily involved in suppression of the Lithuanian partisans , who fought against Soviet occupation of Lithuania. In Russia he was regarded as a war hero and was awarded the Medal For Courage , Order of the Patriotic War , and Order of Lenin , while the Lithuanians perceived him as a war criminal. In 1989, Dushanski immigrated to Israel . After Lithuania declared independence in 1990 , Lithuanian prosecutors began a criminal case, but Israel refused to extradite him.

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Nachman Dushanski (also spelled Nachman Dushansky, Nachman Dushanskiy, , Russian: Нахман Ноахович Душанский ; December 29, 1919 in Šiauliai – February 20, 2008 in Haifa ) was a Jewish officer of Soviet security agencies ( NKVD , NKGB , MGB , KGB ) in the Lithuanian SSR for over thirty years. He was heavily involved in the suppression of the Lithuanian partisans who fought against the Soviet occupation of Lithuania. In Russia, he was regarded as a war hero and was awarded the Medal For Courage , Order of the Patriotic War , and Order of Lenin , while the Lithuanians perceived him as a war criminal. In 1989, Dushanski immigrated to Israel . After Lithuania declared independence in 1990 , Lithuanian prosecutors began a criminal case, but Israel refused to extradite him.

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Lithuanian Soviet intelligence officer Nachman Dushanski ( , Russian: Нахман Ноахович Душанский , ; December 29, 1919 – February 20, 2008) was a Lithuanian -born Jewish officer of Soviet security agencies . In Russia, he was regarded as a war hero and was awarded the Medal for Courage , Order of the Patriotic War , and Order of Lenin , while many Lithuanians perceived him as a war criminal for the killing and torture of German collaborators and insurgents. In 1989, Dushanski immigrated to Israel . After Lithuania declared independence in 1990 , Lithuanian prosecutors began a case for 9 criminal activities, but Israel refused to extradite him, on the grounds that the case was motivated by anti-Semitism.

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Lithuanian Soviet intelligence officer Nachman Dushanski ( Lithuanian : Nachmanas Dušanskis , Russian : Нахман Ноахович Душанский , Hebrew : נחמן דושנסקי ; December 29, 1919 – February 20, 2008) was a Lithuanian -born Jewish officer of Soviet security agencies . In Russia, he was regarded as a war hero and was awarded the Medal for Courage , Order of the Patriotic War , and Order of Lenin , while many Lithuanians perceived him as a war criminal for the killing and torture of Viktoras Vitkauskas, Juozas Lukša and other partisans. In 1989, Dushanski immigrated to Israel . After Lithuania declared independence in 1990 , Lithuanian prosecutors began a case for 9 criminal activities, but Israel refused to extradite him, on the grounds that the case was motivated by anti-Semitism. Dushanski died a free man in 2008.

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