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Valdas Rakutis walks into the Seimas building in Vilnius, Lithuania on Nov. 24, 2020. (Wikimedia Commons/Sofija Vytautaitė)

Lithuanian lawmaker who blamed Jews for Holocaust quits parliament’s memorial commission

Valdas Rakutis cited his desire to “reduce tensions between home and abroad” when he announced his resignation on Saturday.

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 31, 2021 3:49 pm

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Valdas Rakutis walks into the Seimas building in Vilnius, Lithuania on Nov. 24, 2020. (Wikimedia Commons/Sofija Vytautaitė)

In Holocaust memorial day speech, Lithuanian lawmaker says Jews and communists share blame

“There was no shortage of Holocaust perpetrators among the Jews themselves,” said Valdas Rakutis, prompting a rare rebuke from the U.S. embassy.

January 27, 2021 5:53 pm

Russian Jews honor New York-born Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff

Zuroff has highlighted the glorification of Nazi collaborators in East European societies with rife anti-Russian sentiment.

December 21, 2018 6:56 am

Plaque honoring SS officer unveiled in Estonia

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 29, 2018 7:30 am

Nazi SS veterans hold an annual march in Latvia. Here’s how one woman is fighting back.

By Cnaan Liphshiz April 17, 2018 5:31 pm

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

Estonian politician vows to legalize Holocaust denial

June 2, 2017 7:23 am

Vilnius University to honor Jewish Holocaust victims — unless they fought Nazis

April 14, 2017 8:26 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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