Lithuania

Lithuanian Holocaust memorial vandalized

Memorial in Kretinga District Municipality honoring the lives of 320 Jews who were mass murdered at the site vandalized with swastika.

Lithuanian Jewish community holds fifth World Litvak Congress

Even in Vilnius will bring together Lithuanian Jewish community and Litvaks from around the world.

Lithuanian city names cultural center after Jewish philosopher

Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas is honored in a Lithuania still grappling with the Nazi era.

Chinese aggression: Europe raises the white flag

Little Lithuania is paying a steep price for keeping to its principles. Do not expect the EU to help. Perhaps the EU is over. Opinion.

Following outcry, Lithuanian city halts construction of bike path by Holocaust mass grave

Following outcry, Lithuanian city of Siauliai freezes construction of bike path near mass grave of Jewish Holocaust victims.

Lithuania halts bike path construction near Holocaust mass grave

Lithuanian government urges local authorities to mark Jewish massacre sites

Parliamentary measure also asks municipalities to tend to Jewish cemeteries and name public spaces after righteous among the nations.

Lithuania urges local authorities to mark Jewish massacre sites

Vilnius Jewish cemetery defaced with swastika on Rosh Hashanah

Hate symbol was immediately removed from the Old Jewish Cemetery but shortly after was found again on the same sign.

Ark and bimah of Great Synagogue of Vilnius unearthed during archeological dig

International team working for the last several years has also uncovered the former 17th century synagogue's columns and other remains.

Lithuanian government shelves plans to build on cemetery

Lithuania abandons plan to build conference center atop former Jewish cemetery.

German troops sent home from Lithuania after charges of anti-Semitism and racism

German NATO troops in Lithuania as part of a NATO mission accused of hateful behaviour at a hotel party.

German troops sent home from Lithuania after charges of racism

Appointment of new Lithuanian Genocide Center head criticized by WWII experts

Center has in past come under controversy by WWII experts who accuse it of bias on Lithuania's wartime record.

Lithuanian WWII government researcher fired for "whitewashing" Nazi collaborator

Head of Lithuania's genocide research center fired for whitewashing Nazi collaborator who deported 12,000 Jews to ghetto.

Lithuanian WWII researcher fired for "whitewashing" Nazi

MyHeritage Publishes Millions of Historic Jewish Lithuanian Records

MyHeritage, the online genealogy platform, has published a trove of Lithuanian Jewish historical records stretching back to the late 1700s.

MyHeritage Publishes Millions of Jewish Lithuanian Records

Construction documented at mass Jewish grave in Lithuania

Construction was documented near a mass grave of Jewish Lithuanian Holocaust victims on privately owned land.

Lithuanian lawmaker who blamed Jews for Holocaust quits parliament commission

Lithuanian lawmaker who suggested Jews share the blame for the Holocaust resigns as chair of the parliament’s historical memory commission.

Lithuanian lawmaker quits committee after anti-Semitic comments

'No shortage of Holocaust perpetrators among Jews,' lawmaker Valdas Rakutis says

In Holocaust memorial day speech, Lithuanian lawmaker Valdas Rakutis says Jews and communists share blame.

Activist who protested glorification of Holocaust collaborators to be deported

Lithuanian police holding activist who protested glorification of alleged Holocaust perpetrators.

Lithuania: Police hold activist ahead of deportation

Jewish group slams top genocide museum appointment

Alleged Holocaust distorter named top adviser to Lithuania genocide museum.

Lithuanian Jews slam Putin for 'falsifying' history

Lithuanian Jewish leaders accuse Russia's president of 'falsifying' history during his defense of USSR's annexation of Baltic states.

Lithuanian nationalist accused of murdering Jews touted as hero

In Lithuania, lawmakers want to dedicate 2021 to honoring an alleged perpetrator of Holocaust pogrom.

Lithuanian accused of torturing Jews touted as hero

Roman Holiday: Lithuania capital turns Italian as virus stops travel

As citizens prefer staying put to international travel, Vilnius offers country-themed entertainment to perk up weekends.

Chairs with fake money placed atop former Jewish cemetery in Lithuania

Tussle over plan to build conference center on grounds of former Jewish cemetery leads to protest with chairs and fake money.

Lithuania: Chairs with fake money put on former Jewish cemetery

300th birthday of Vilna Gaon ceremony despite coronavirus

Lithuanian FM: 'Today near Vilna Gaon's grave I pay tribute to great Gaon, eternal symbol of history and culture of Lithuanian Jewry.'

Following Poland’s lead, Lithuania proposes a controversial Holocaust law

Lithuanian lawmaker pushing controversial bill which would declare that the country had no responsibility for the Holocaust.

Lithuania proposes controversial Holocaust law

Lithuania’s ruling party drafting bill exonerating nation from Holocaust crimes

Historian Efraim Zuroff slams bill as 'attempt to whitewash massive complicity' in murder of Jews.

Lithuania drafts bill exonerating itself from Holocaust crimes

New play confronts Lithuanian complicity during Holocaust

Lithuanian state theater stages controversial play on Holocaust complicity.

Symbol recently hijacked by neo-Nazis placed on Jewish coin

Lithuania places popular far-right symbol on coin celebrating Jewish heritage.

Lithuania’s Holocaust record ‘open wound,’ Israeli envoy says

At genocide seminar for teachers, Israeli envoy tells history teachers in Vilnius that country's Holocaust record is an ‘open wound.’

Vilnius gets first yeshiva since World War II

Lithuanian capital, once one of the most prominent centers of religious Jewish study that was later destroyed by the Nazis, gets new yeshiva

Dirt swastikas left in front of Lithuanian Jewish center

Swastikas formed out of dirt and flowers left in front of Lithuanian Jewish community headquarters.

Demonstrators hang plaque honoring Lithuanian Nazi collaborator

Plaque honoring Nazi collaborator hung in Lithuania's capital city by nationalist activists.

Vilnius synagogue reopens 2 days after closure

Lithuanian Jewish community reopens only synagogue in capital Vilnius after receiving threats.

Lithuania synagogue shut over threats amid collaborators debate

Shutdowns lack precedent in Lithuania since independence from Russia in 1990.

Vilnius: Plaque honoring alleged war criminal to be removed?

Vilnius mayor orders removal of contested plaque honoring alleged war criminal.

Vilnius to rename street honoring anti-Semitic Nazi collaborator

City council of Lithuanian capital votes to rename street honoring Nazi collaborator accused of inspiring Holocaust murders.

'Archaeologists burst into tears'

'Globally significant' discovery sheds light on Jewish life in Lithuania before Holocaust.

Lithuania to blacklist Holocaust denier David Irving

Lithuanian Foreign Minister says his country will blacklist David Irving to prevent him from entering the country should he try to do so.

Lawyer smashes plaque honoring Nazi collaborator in Lithuania

Lawyer smashes plaque honoring Nazi collaborator, waits with sledgehammer for arrest.

Lithuania’s genocide studies center accused of Holocaust denial

Local Jews say Lithuania’s state body for preserving the memory of the Holocaust broke the country’s laws against denying that genocide.

Lithuania: Court rejects suit against honoring Nazi collaborator

Californian who sued Lithuanian center for honoring Nazi collaborator promises to pursue case, appeal to European Court of Justice.