Nachman Dushanski

Nachman Dushanski (, , ; December 29, 1919 – February 20, 2008) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish officer of Soviet security agencies.

His parents and three of his four siblings were killed in The Holocaust. For over thirty years, he was involved in the suppression of the anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisans.

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.

Early life He was born in to a large Jewish family with a long military background. Dushanski's father was blinded during World War I and could not provide for the large family. Therefore, after graduating from the 6th grade, Dushanski began working.