Distorting the Truth
Still struggling to face its country’s complicity in mass murder of its Jewish citizens, some Lithuanian leaders resort to – Blame the Jews! Just over two weeks ago, on January…
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February 10, 2021
An 80-year search for ‘the student K,’ murderer of Jewish babies
Her horrific cruelty, described in rare survivor testimony, spotlights Lithuania's widespread Nazi collaboration. We may have found this killer. This is a story about a Nazi war crimes investigation that…
January 25, 2021
Lithuania promotes a false Holocaust narrative
It was with great interest that I read the op-ed jointly penned by Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and his Lithuanian counterpart, Gabrielius Landsbergis, in last Friday’s Jerusalem Post. As could be…
January 14, 2021
Shoah distortion
An important but imprecise book about how the narrative of the Holocaust is being rewritten There are currently two dangerous phenomena which threaten Holocaust remembrance and education in many countries…
June 22, 2020
Lithuanians dancing at a Jewish killing site spawned a brave theatrical work
There was a time, during the interwar period, when Lithuania was independent (1918-1940), that it could be said that the cities of Jerusalem and Panevežys were closely linked. That was…
December 6, 2019
Lithuania continues Soviet-style censorship 30 years post-independence
Holocaust distortion is so prevalent in Lithuania, which has initiated and led many of the initiatives in Eastern Europe to rewrite the narrative of World War II and the Holocaust.…
December 2, 2019
Wiesenthal Center Denounces Illegal Replacement of Plaque Honoring Nazi Collaborator Jonas Noreika Recently Removed by Vilnius Municipality
Jerusalem – The Simon Wiesenthal Center today strongly condemned the illegal replacement on the wall of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences of a plaque honoring Nazi collaborator Jonas Noreika, which…
September 8, 2019
Wiesenthal Center Welcomes Removal by Vilnius Municipality of Plaque Honoring Lithuanian Nazi Collaborator Jonas Noreika
Jerusalem – The Simon Wiesenthal Center today welcomed the removal early Saturday morning by the Vilnius municipality of a plaque honoring Lithuanian Nazi collaborator Jonas Noreika, who played an important…
July 29, 2019
Wiesenthal Center Welcomes Decision of Vilnius City Council to Rename Skirpa Street
Jerusalem – The Simon Wiesenthal Center today welcomed yesterday's decision by the Vilnius (Vilna) city council to rename a small street in the center of the city, which had been…
July 25, 2019
Wiesenthal Center Calls for Removal of Plaque Honoring Chaplain of World War II Lithuanian Murder Squad
Jerusalem – The Simon Wiesenthal Center is calling for the removal of a plaque honoring the chaplain of a World War II Lithuanian auxiliary police battalion which murdered more than…
May 29, 2019
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