holocaust in lithuania

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

Nazi-hunter Efraim Zuroff saying Kadish, a mourning prayer, for Holocaust victims near Kaunas, Lithuania on Feb. 15, 2015. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

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

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum says local police worked in unison with the Germans in murdering more than 95 percent of the country’s Jews.

January 3, 2020 1:15 pm

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