About the rescuer and the rescue story

Stanislovas lived in the village of Kalnėnai together with his mother Agota, his wife Antanina, and their three sons. Their marriage took place during the First World War, when Stanislovas was sent with the army to Russia. At that time, he worked as a clerk in a prison in Kostroma, where he met Antanina. Their first son, Jurgis, was born there. Around 1923–1925, the family returned to Lithuania.

Stanislovas worked the land and cared for his family, but his life was marked by the hardships of war — forced military service, displacement, and famine in Russia. He died in 1944, before reaching old age. Although the family was already hiding a Jewish Red Army soldier, Hona Mulman, Stanislovas also supported taking in Dora Kaganaitė. The risk was deadly, but he remained steadfast in his duty to help others and trusted his family’s moral choice. His conduct showed that true humanity in wartime meant courage and loyalty to moral values.

The Tallat-Kelpša name is old and honorable, associated with the Lithuanian Tatars who arrived during the reign of Grand Duke Vytautas. The family spread widely across the country, and many Tallat-Kelpšas today no longer know the precise kinship ties that unite them. On August 4, 1997, Stanislovas, together with Agota, Antanina, and Jurgis, was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations.