Editing Algimantas Dailide

{{Villain|Box title = Evil-doer|image = Algimantas-Dailide.jpg|Row 1 title = Full Name Algimantas Mykolas Dailide|Row 1 info = Alias No information|Row 2 title = Origin Kaunas Lithuania|Row 2 info = Occupation Lithuanian Security Police (Saugumas) official.|Row 3 title = Power/Skills No information|Row 3 info = Hobby No information|Row 4 title = Goals No information|Row 4 info = Crimes Crimes against Jews|Row 5 title = Type of Corrupt official}}Algimantas Mykolas Dailide was born on 21 June 1944 in Lithuania. He lived in the capital, Vilnius, and was enrolled in forestry school when the Soviet Union annexed Lithuania in 1940. When he was 19, Dailide was expelled from school after voicing his opposition to Josef Stalin and the Communist party. When the Nazis took control of Lithuania in 1941, Dailide joined the Lithuanian Secret Police (the “Saugumas”), a branch of law enforcement used by the Nazis to control the local population by 
performing searches, investigations, and making arrests.

The Saugumas systematically arrested and turned over Jews for 
punishment and execution who attempted to escape confinement from the 
Vilnius ghetto, as well as any persons trying to help them. Those 
arrested by the Saugumas were often shot at execution pits at Paneriai, a
<nowiki> </nowiki>wooded area outside Vilnius where some 50,000 Jews were murdered during
<nowiki> </nowiki>the war. Dailide joined the Saugumas in 1941 and served with the group 
in a variety of roles until 1944, including investigating and monitoring
<nowiki> </nowiki>Jews in the area, gathering background information on potential 
employees to ensure they were not communists, and carrying out field assignments.

When the Soviet Union re-annexed Lithuania, Dailide established 
residency in Germany to avoid Soviet repercussions for his involvement 
with the Nazis. In 1950 he applied to emigrate to the United States, 
claiming he had been a “practitioner forester” during World War II and 
denied that he was a member of the police force. When the Soviet Union 
collapsed in 1993, Saugumas records were released to the United States office of Immigration and Naturalisation. Through joint efforts with the
<nowiki> </nowiki>Office of Special Investigations, the United States tracked down 
Saugumas members – including Dailide – and sought to revoke their citizenships.

In 2003, the United States revoked Dailide’s citizenship, cancelled 
his certificate of naturalisation, and ordered his deportation. On 27 
March 27, 2006, Dailide was convicted by a Lithuanian court for 
cooperating with the Nazis during World War II, specifically for 
arresting two Polish nationals and twelve Jews while serving in the Saugumas.
                                            
== legal procedure ==
In 2003, the United 
States revoked Dailide’s citizenship, cancelled his certificate of 
naturalisation, and ordered his deportation. On 27 March 2006, Dailide 
was convicted by a Lithuanian court for cooperating with the Nazis 
during World War II, specifically for arresting two Polish nationals and
<nowiki> </nowiki>twelve Jews while serving in the Saugumas.
The Lithuanian criminal trial was particularly noteworthy because 
Dailide was actually present at the trial and, at least in theory, faced
<nowiki> </nowiki>the threat of real punishment if convicted. Many other defendants tried
<nowiki> </nowiki>in similar proceedings were convicted in abstentia. Pursuant to his 
conviction, Dailide was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for his 
crimes.

The judges in the Lithuanian criminal trial decided, however, that 
Dailide’s sentence would not be implemented because of his advanced age, and because he was no longer a threat to society. Following protests by
<nowiki> </nowiki>the United States, Israel, and the Simon Weisenthal Centre, and a Jewish human rights organisation, the suspension of Dailide’s sentence was appealed. On 8 June 2006, the court decided to appoint a medical board to review Dailide’s health, but during the period of review, the panel never met and no further action was taken to implement the sentence. Dailide remains convicted but not imprisoned.
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