Ioanna Ulinauskaite was born in Kaunas in 1928.
After the incorporation/annexation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union in 1940, mass arrests began. Ioanna's father, Kasimiras Ulinauskaitis, was also arrested and served his sentence in the Arctic forced labour camps of Vorkuta. His family was never made aware of his fate.
In 1944, after the Red Army invasion, Ionna supported the anti-Soviet resistance, was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in "Corrective Labour Camps". She served her prison term in the Republic of Komi, in Taishet (Siberia) and in Norilsk (Krasnoiarsk krai).
She was an active participant in the camp’s revolt in Norilsk. In October 1956 the verdict of Ionna Ulinauskaites was revised. Since at the time of her arrest she was still underage, she was discharged and returned to Lithuania.
She studied medical science and became a pediatrician.
Married since 1959, two children.
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