Elena Lukauskienė
Elena Lukauskienė | |
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| Full name | Elena Stankevičiūtė |
| Country | Lithuania Soviet Union |
| Born | January 1, 1909 |
| Died | March 17, 1959 (aged 50) Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Righteous Among the Nations |
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Elena Lukauskienė (1 January 1909 – 17 March 1959), née Stankevičiūtė, married Raclauskienė, also Raclauskienė-Lukauskienė, was a Lithuanian chess master. She was a two-time Lithuanian Women's Chess Champion (1938, 1949) and a participant at the Women's World Chess Championship (1939). For saving two Jewish children during the Holocaust in Lithuania, she was recognized as the Righteous Among the Nations in 2006.