Aleksandra Vailokaitienė

In January 1919, she married Jonas Vailokaitis, one of the members of the council and a successful businessman. She then moved to Kaunas leaving her photography career behind. After the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in June 1940, she escaped to Germany and then United States where she died in 1957.

• Name — Aleksandra Vailokaitienė • Birth Name — Aleksandra Jurašaitytė • Born — 18 March 1895 • Birthplace — Bielsk Podlaski?, Russian Empire • Died — 17 January 1957 • Place of death — Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States • Occupation — Photographer • Spouse — Jonas Vailokaitis • Parents — Father Aleksandras Jurašaitis • Relatives — Sister Elena Janulaitienė

On 25 January 1919, she married Jonas Vailokaitis, banker, businessman, and one of the signatories of the Act of Independence of Lithuania. He became one of the richest men in interwar Lithuania. The couple moved to Kaunas and Vailokaitienė left her photography career behind. They had four children (three daughters and a son). She was an active member of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party and Baby Rescue Society (Kūdikių gelbėjimo draugija), engaged in charitable work. In 1937, she was one of the organizers of the Second Congress of Lithuanian Women (on the 20th anniversary of the First Congress of Lithuanian Women) and the First Exhibition of Lithuanian Women's Art. Around 1930, Vailokaitis family built a luxurious six-floor house by architect Arno Funk in Kaunas. The house had multiple apartments which were rented out to others. The house was nationalized by the Soviets in 1940 and transferred to the Lithuanian Writers' Union. During the German occupation, the house was taken over by Adrian von Renteln, General Commissioner of Generalbezirk Litauen. The house was bombed in 1944 and later fully demolished. After the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in June 1940, the family escaped to Nazi Germany. They first lived in Berlin, then in Blankenburg in Saxony-Anhalt. Vailokaitis died there on 16 December 1944. Vailokaitienė with two younger children moved to Detmold in the British occupation zone. In 1947, she moved to New Jersey, United States, where her two elder daughters lived. She owned a house on the Atlantic coast and lived on rent from tourists. She led a quiet life and died on 18 January 1957 in Fort Lauderdale while visiting her daughter.