Efraim Zuroff

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

The law would declare that Lithuania did not participate in the Holocaust even though historians say it has a more sinister record in that era than Poland.

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 14, 2020 2:48 pm

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Leon Rupnik, wearing a suit, giving the Nazi salute with German soldiers in Slovenia sometime between 1943 and 1945. (Archives of the Republic of Slovenia)

Slovenian court voids Nazi collaborator’s treason conviction

The 1946 trial of Leon Rupnik, who liquidated the country’s Jewish population and was executed, was ruled unjust.

January 14, 2020 11:46 am

Actors performing the play "Our People" at the Juozas Miltinis Drama Theater in Panevėžys, Lithuania on Nov. 24, 2019. (Arvydo Gudo)

Lithuanian state theater stages controversial play on Holocaust complicity

Nazi hunter and commemoration activist Efraim Zuroff called the production of “Our People” near Vilnius “major progress” toward facing the country’s history.

November 25, 2019 2:40 pm

Demonstrators hang plaque honoring Lithuanian Nazi collaborator

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 8, 2019 12:46 pm

Serbia to block construction on former concentration camps

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 2, 2019 9:08 am

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French Holocaust activist accuses Trump of downplaying far-right violence

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 30, 2019 8:19 am

Lawyer smashes plaque honoring Nazi collaborator in Lithuania

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 8, 2019 6:35 am

Lithuanian court rejects lawsuit against state honors for Nazi collaborator

By Cnaan Liphshiz March 27, 2019 8:09 am

Lithuanian judge postpones trial over reputation of deceased Nazi collaborator

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 16, 2019 8:33 am

Russian Jews honor New York-born Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff

By Cnaan Liphshiz December 21, 2018 6:56 am

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