Lithuanian lawmaker who blamed Jews for Holocaust quits parliament’s memorial commission Valdas Rakutis cited his desire to “reduce tensions between home and abroad” when he announced his resignation on Saturday. By Cnaan Liphshiz January 31, 2021 3:49 pm
In Holocaust memorial day speech, Lithuanian lawmaker says Jews and communists share blame “There was no shortage of Holocaust perpetrators among the Jews themselves,” said Valdas Rakutis, prompting a rare rebuke from the U.S. embassy. January 27, 2021 5:53 pm
Russian Jews honor New York-born Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff Zuroff has highlighted the glorification of Nazi collaborators in East European societies with rife anti-Russian sentiment. December 21, 2018 6:56 am
Nazi SS veterans hold an annual march in Latvia. Here’s how one woman is fighting back. By Cnaan Liphshiz April 17, 2018 5:31 pm
Poland isn’t the only country trying to police what can be said about the Holocaust By Cnaan Liphshiz February 6, 2018 4:35 pm
Vilnius University to honor Jewish Holocaust victims — unless they fought Nazis April 14, 2017 8:26 am
New book prompts soul-searching in Lithuania about Holocaust-era complicity By Cnaan Liphshiz February 17, 2016 2:43 pm