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…
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…
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…
History is not only about the past, but a critical subject for the present and future. These are days in which the theme of memory is at its strongest in…
It now appears that there is a serious chance that the Lithuanian authorities will be finally be challenged regarding their systematic Holocaust distortion. Much has been written in past years…
Jerusalem – The Simon Wiesenthal Center has expressed outrage and disgust in response to the decision today by a court in Vilnius (Vilna) to reject a lawsuit by Grant Gochin,…
Eastern European countries are systematically rewriting the narrative of WWII and the slaughter of European Jewry In the past, when Israel was very isolated diplomatically, the arrival of a visiting…
Only those individuals tried and found guilty in their lifetimes may be considered guilty, all others are considered to be completely innocent. It’s not a common occurrence to be able…
ליטא אינה מוכנה להתמודד עם עברה בשואה. ראש הממשלה סירב להתייחס לנושא, אך ייתכן שהישועה תגיע ממקום לא צפו מחרתיים יצוין בליטא יום הזיכרון הליטאי לשואה. במדינה שבה נרצחו היהודים…
For the second time in three years, the Lithuanian authorities find themselves in a serious dilemma on Holocaust Memorial Day. Today, September 23, Lithuania will mark Holocaust Memorial Day, an…