Mūsų mokytojai: Juozas Avižonis ( 1882–1972)

Abstract

This article deals with the recollections of the author's teacher of History J. Avižonis. They are presented in a wide biographical context. He was not an ordinary teacher, but also was an active member of Lithuanian national movement. J. Avižonis was a public educator in the Independent Lithuania, the creator and leader of schools, the author of text-books and other works. He carried out the educational and teaching principles by T. V. Förster and was a supporter of them. J. Avižonis admired the working methods at school. His ideas (views) were democratic. He condemned openly Stalin's and Hitler's actions during the war and all former despots and dictatorships in the course of history. He taught young people in the national patriotic spirit. He also taught self-dependence.