Lithuania

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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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

The display was meant to protest delays in constructing a convention hall on the grounds, a plan that Jewish groups oppose.

May 3, 2020 8:55 am

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

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

Lithuania bans Holocaust denier David Irving for next 5 years

By Marcy Oster April 25, 2019 8:25 am

Lithuanian church removes Jewish headstones used as stairs

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 24, 2019 7:41 am

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