Why Naujaneriai is also important
Among the victims were 512 men, 744 women and 511 children, who were buried in a grave some 20-meters long and 2-meters wide. In Lithuania there are 227 documented Holocaust…
Among the victims were 512 men, 744 women and 511 children, who were buried in a grave some 20-meters long and 2-meters wide. In Lithuania there are 227 documented Holocaust…
Jerusalem – The Simon Wiesenthal Center today issued a statement harshly condemning military exercises being held by the Lithuanian Army at the Seventh Fort in Kaunas (Kovno), the site of…
ירושלים – מרכז שמעון ויזנטל היום ברך על הופעתו השבוע בוילנה של הספר מוסישקאי; קליונה סו פרישו(האנשים שלנו; מסע עם אויב)מאת רותה ונגאייטה וד"ר אפרים זורוף מבכירי המרכז החושף את…
Jerusalem – The Simon Wiesenthal Center today welcomed the publication in Lithuania this week of Mūsiškiai; Kelionė Su Priešu(Our People; Journey With an Enemy) by Ruta Vanagaite and the Center's…
Taurage, Lithuania – The Simon Wiesenthal Center today praised an op-ed in the popular Lithuanian news portal lrytas.lt by prominent journalist Vytautas Bruveris calling upon the government to finally undertake…
Jerusalem – The Simon Wiesenthal Center today urged Andrius Kupčinskas, the mayor of Kaunas, Lithuania, to cancel the upcoming neo-Nazi march scheduled to take place this coming Monday, February 16,…
Jerusalem – The Simon Wiesenthal Center today sent a letter of protest to the Lithuanian Jewish community in response to the participation in yesterday's events to mark International Holocaust Remembrance…
Jerusalem – The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued the following statement in the wake of the passing last night of Dr. Shimon Alperovich, the former Chairman of the Lithuanian Jewish community.…
Vilnius, Lithuania – The Simon Wiesenthal Center's Israel Director, Dr. Efraim Zuroff, today led a protest vigil against a march of approximately 2,000 neo-Nazis and ultranationalists in the Lithuanian capital…
Jerusalem – The Simon Wiesenthal Center today harshly criticized the results of a study on Lithuanian participation in Holocaust crimes recently completed by the government-sponsored Center for the Study of…