Marta Zauniūtė
Marta Zauniūtė | |
|---|---|
| Born | Martha Saunus 22 March 1875 Rokaiten, East Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 10 January 1945 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Prussian Lithuanian |
| Occupation | Activist |
| Father | Dovas Zaunius |
| Relatives | Dovas Zaunius (brother) |
Marta or Morta Zauniūtė (German: Martha Saunus; 22 March 1875 – 10 January 1945?) was a Lithuanian press activist in Lithuania Minor. She is best remembered as the administrator of Lithuanian newspapers Varpas, Ūkininkas, and Naujienos from 1900 to 1905. Due to the Lithuanian press ban, these publications were printed in East Prussia and smuggled to Lithuania.
She was a life-long supporter of social democratic and later communist ideas. She helped publishing and smuggling of the political press as well as facilitating aid to Lithuanian political refugees.