UK’s Europe Minister Again Fails to Offer Even Mild Criticism of Baltic...
UK | LATVIA | GLORIFICATION OF COLLABORATORS | PRO-NAZI MARCHES | DOCUMENTS ◊ LONDON—The following is the UK Minister for Europe’s 8 April 2016 reply to his former shadow counterpart, Labour MP...
View ArticleLatvia’s Ambassador to the UK Replies to Gareth Thomas MP on Annual Waffen SS...
UK | LATVIA | GLORIFICATION OF COLLABORATORS | PRO-NAZI MARCHES | DOCUMENTS ◊ LONDON—The following is the 16 April 2016 reply of the Latvian ambassador to the UK Aandris Teikmanis to MP Gareth...
View ArticleJews and Other Minorities in Eastern Europe Concerned by EU Chief’s Addition...
CEMETERY PAPER TRAIL | OPPOSITION TO DATE | DH SECTION | BACKGROUND ◊ BRUSSELS—Back in October, 2015, high-level European Union spokesperson Chiara Adamo had replied to French human rights...
View ArticleUCL “Point Man” Honored in Vilnius
LONDON—Defending History readers are familiar with the curious history of University College London’s Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies repeatedly providing cover for Lithuanian government...
View ArticleProfessor Dov Levin’s Findings on the Outbreak of the Lithuanian Holocaust
DOCUMENTS | HISTORY ◊ The following is the first column of page 898 of Professor Dov Levin’s entry, “Lithuania,” in volume 3 of Encyclopedia of the Holocaust (Israel Gutman, editor-in-chief;...
View ArticleAn Event in Paris
PARIS—According to a mass emailing underway this week, Yahad-in-Unum, based in Paris, is inviting the public to a symposium on the Lithuanian Holocaust on Tuesday 3 May at 5 PM at 9 rue Mahler (Room...
View ArticleFirst Test of Torah Integrity for New Vilnius Rabbi Samson Daniel Izakson?
PIRAMÓNT | PAPER TRAIL | OPPOSITION | CEMETERIES ◊ VILNIUS—When Lithuania’s official chief rabbi of eleven years’ standing, Rabbi Chaim Burshtein, was dismissed last summer after disagreeing...
View ArticleLithuanian Philosopher Writes to Archbishop Grušas
CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS | EVENTS | BOLD CITIZENS SPEAK OUT ◊ by Andrius Kulikauskas ◊ Editor’s note: The author provides here his own synopsis (with explanatory comments for Defending History...
View ArticleVilnius City Council Member Decries Memorials for Nazi Collaborators
VILNIUS—Briton Mark Adam Harold, also known as Mark Splinter, this city’s sole foreign elected City Council member, spoke out in an interview published today in 15min.lt calling for the city to accept...
View ArticleAmžinas tebus šventųjų atminimas
Julius Norwilla ◊ Lietuvos Holokausto atlase Vilniaus apylinkėse pažymėta iš viso dvylika žudynių vietų. Geriausiai žinomas Panerių memorialas. Būtent čia organizuojami vieši Holokausto aukų atminties...
View ArticleSan Francisco Examiner — Bamboozled?
MUSEUMS | MEDIA WATCH | DOUBLE GENOCIDE | POLITICS OF MEMORY ◊ VILNIUS—Yet another major American newspaper, this time the San Francisco Examiner, has done a fine travel report on Vilnius, the...
View ArticleSouth African Litvak in London Critiques Lithuania’s Citizenship Policies
OPINION | LITHUANIA | SOUTH AFRICA | HUMAN RIGHTS | ANTISEMITISM & BIAS ◊ by Daniel Lutrin The following opinion piece by Daniel Lutrin appeared in the South African Jewish Report on 1 June...
View ArticleRuta Bloshtein Discovers 1935 Vilna Rabbis’ Condemnation of Plans to...
DOCUMENTS | PIRAMÓNT | OPPOSITION TO CONVENTION CENTER | CEMETERIES ◊ VILNIUS—In a strictly private capacity, Ruta (Reyzke) Bloshtein, a Vilnius born member of Lithuania’s small Jewish community,...
View ArticleDH Writer Lugged into Court Again for Critique of State Honors for Holocaust...
FREE SPEECH | HUMAN RIGHTS | DOUBLE GENOCIDE | BOLD CITIZENS ◊ VILNIUS—The latest in a long line of court appearance demanded by summons of Defending History author Evaldas Balčiūnas, will be...
View ArticleDocument Unearthed: 1935 Tel Aviv Protest Against Plans to Defile the Old...
DOCUMENTS | PIRAMÓNT | OPPOSITION TO CONVENTION CENTER | CEMETERIES ◊ VILNIUS—Professor Sid (Shnayer) Leiman, widely considered to be the world’s leading scholar on the old Vilna Jewish cemetery...
View ArticleAsra Kadisha on Vilna Cemetery: From Proud Powerhouse of Historic Truth to...
PAPER TRAIL | REGISTRY OF OPPOSITION TO CONVENTION CENTER | DH SECTION ◊ O P I N I O N ◊ VILNIUS—Between October 2014 and October 2015, the international Jewish-cemetery group Asra Kadisha,...
View ArticleCelebrating (!) 75th Anniversary of Start of the Lithuanian Holocaust (23...
◊ VILNIUS—For the tiny and dwindling group of Holocaust survivors in this part of the world, the indelibly cursed day the genocide began was June 23rd 1941, when hordes of young local “nationalists,”...
View ArticleDefending History Brings Results
VILNIUS—Five years ago in 2011, on the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Lithuanian Holocaust on 23 June 1941 and the following days — nationalist murderers killed thousands of Jewish neighbors...
View ArticleNow We [Who Lie Buried in the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery], Know…
PAPER TRAIL | REGISTRY OF OPPOSITION TO CONVENTION CENTER | DH SECTION ◊ VILNIUS—The following is a reprint of the article published on 2 July 2016 in Yated Ne’eman. The title refers to the...
View ArticleVilnius Open Forum on Yiddish, Litvaks, Holocaust: All Welcome on 7 July
THURSDAY 7 JULY 2016 AT 7 PM (1900): OPEN FORUM IN VILNIUS CHAIRED BY DEFENDING HISTORY EDITOR ON “What You Always Wanted to Ask about Yiddish & Litvaks & The Lithuanian Holocaust” A...
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