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Valdas Rakutis walks into the Seimas building in Vilnius, Lithuania on Nov. 24, 2020. (Wikimedia Commons/Sofija Vytautaitė)

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

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Valdas Rakutis walks into the Seimas building in Vilnius, Lithuania on Nov. 24, 2020. (Wikimedia Commons/Sofija Vytautaitė)

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

A memorial at site of Lietukis Garage massacre of Jewish Men in Kaunas, Lithuania (Flickr/Adam Jones)

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

According to one account, Juozas Luksa-Daumantas decapitated a rabbi during the 1941 Lietukis Garage massacre in Kaunas.

June 29, 2020 4:13 pm

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 14, 2020 2:48 pm

Publisher recalls books by Lithuanian writer who triggered debate about the Holocaust

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 30, 2017 8:30 am

Lithuanian nationalists celebrate Holocaust-era quisling, Pepe the Frog near execution site

February 17, 2017 7:29 am

New book prompts soul-searching in Lithuania about Holocaust-era complicity

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 17, 2016 2:43 pm

Lithuanian lawmaker: Jews only want to take money

December 27, 2013 5:04 am

Anti-Semitic slogans discovered near Nazi work camp in Lithuania

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 24, 2013 12:37 pm

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