Aleksandras Terkas

Aleksandras Terkas (1915–?) was born in Zozov, Russia. In 1934, he graduated from Slovacki Gymnasium in Vilnius. Terkas himself has said: “For the reason of the persecution of minorities, I could not be accepted to the university.” As a result, Terkas emigrated to Palestine, where he worked and studied, but later returned to Vilnius after losing his job. In 1936, he entered the Chemistry Department at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of Stephen Báthory University. Terkas studied there for two years but had to abandon his studies due to a poor financial situation. In 1940, he reapplied to continue studying at the university, and his application was accepted. On 19 September 1941, Terkas was expelled from the university by the Order of 17 September 1941 of the Department of Higher Education under the Board of Education, which was subordinate to the National Socialists. According to the “Yad Vashem” database, Terkas was killed in Vilnius during the Holocaust.

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