red-brown politics in the baltics

In Lithuania, Yiddish teacher becomes unlikely bulwark against far right

Dovid Katz has become a target of scorn for speaking out against Holocaust distortion in a region where neo-Nazi groups thrive on anti-Russian sentiment.

Lithuanian fascists march near execution site of 10,000 Jews

Approximately 20 Jews and anti-Nazi activists confronted the 500 participants of an independence day march in Kaunas.

UNESCO Holocaust exhibition nixed following Latvian protests

Riga’s opposition to the exhibition forced the cancellation of the Russia-sponsored event in Paris.

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In Lithuania, Yiddish teacher becomes unlikely bulwark against far right

Lithuanian fascists march near execution site of 10,000 Jews

UNESCO Holocaust exhibition nixed following Latvian protests

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