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Lithuanian police holding activist who protested glorification of alleged Holocaust perpetrators

Miquel Puertas is a persona non-grata in the Baltic nation for criticizing state honors for those accused of being killers of Jews.

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 1, 2020 10:17 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Antanas Linkevičius in Jerusalem, Israel on Sept. 4, 2017. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Lithuania bans Hezbollah-affiliated persons from entering its territory

The EU, of which Lithuania is a member, has resisted blacklisting the group in its entirety, classifying only its military wing as a terror organization.

August 14, 2020 10:39 am

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

Chairs with fake money notes standing next to the decaying Palace of Concerts and Sports of Vilnius, Lithuania on May 1, 2020. (Courtesy of the display's organizers)

Chairs with fake money placed atop former Jewish cemetery in Lithuania

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 3, 2020 8:55 am

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

By Cnaan Liphshiz November 22, 2019 9:56 am

The interior of the Choral Synagogue in Vilnius, Lithuania (Wikimedia Commons)

Vilnius, a hub of Torah study destroyed by Nazis, to get new yeshiva

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 23, 2019 7:12 am

Demonstrators hang plaque honoring Lithuanian Nazi collaborator

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 8, 2019 12:46 pm

In Eastern Europe, Holocaust museums are missing from key historical sites

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 29, 2019 3:49 pm

Vilnius mayor orders removal of contested plaque honoring alleged war criminal

By Cnaan Liphshiz July 27, 2019 2:30 pm

Lithuanian town honors late chaplain of Holocaust-era death squad

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 31, 2019 9:33 am

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