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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.

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 29, 2020 4:13 pm

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

The hijacking of the ancient sign by the far right should not exclude its use, a leader of Lithuanian Jewry argued following criticism.

November 22, 2019 9:56 am

Lithuanian Jews rally to demand fair internal elections

The Vilnius protest against the contested community leader was the first gathering of its kind in decades in Europe.

May 29, 2018 8:16 am

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

Lithuanian president ignores congressmen’s protest over planned project atop Jewish graves

August 14, 2017 12:01 pm

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

February 17, 2017 7:29 am

Chabad rabbi, followers ejected from prayer space in Lithuania

November 18, 2016 2:53 pm

Why scientists are fighting about the origins of Yiddish – and the Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 25, 2016 11:40 am

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz February 17, 2016 2:43 pm

Lithuanian nationalists march in memory of Nazi collaborators

February 16, 2016 7:01 pm

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