Dora Geršatorytė
Dora Geršatorytė

Dora Geršatorytė

  • Memory diploma granted:2026

Dora Geršatorytė (1921–?) was born in Kybartai. Her father owned a local pharmacy. In 1939, she graduated from Kybartai Gymnasium and, on 19 September of the same year, applied to study in the Physics and Chemistry Department at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of Vytautas Magnus University. After this application was rejected, on 25 September, she applied for admission to the Biology Department of the same faculty and was admitted. On 9 July 1940, she submitted yet another application to study medicine, but this request was denied. On 20 October 1940, she applied to transfer from the Biology Department to the Mathematics Department and continued her studies there. On 19 September 1941, she was expelled from the university in accordance with an order issued on 17 September 1941 by the Department of Higher Education under the Board of Education, which was subordinate to the National Socialist authorities. No further information on the fate of Dora Geršatorytė is known.

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