Posts Tagged: Lithuania Antisemitism
Leader of Lithuanian Government Party Found Guilty of Hatred Against Jews
A Lithuanian court found the leader of a junior party in the ruling coalition government on Thursday guilty of incitement to hatred against Jews and belittling the Holocaust in social media posts in 2023. Remigijus Zemaitaitis, founder of the populist Nemunas Dawn,...
Lithuanian Government Blasted for Plans to Convert Historic Jewish Cemetery Into Conference Center
The Lithuanian government has come under fire for its decision to move forward with construction on the historic Snipiskes (Piramónt) Jewish Cemetery in the country's...
Expert Court Witness Challenges Lithuanian Government’s Plan to Construct Convention Center Atop Historic Jewish Cemetery
A court in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius has heard an appeal from over 100 descendants of Jews buried in the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery...
Archaeologists Confirm Lithuanian Power Grid Was Built With Jewish Tombstones
Yahoo/AP - Archaeologists confirmed this week that the electrical substation was built with tombstones pilfered from a Jewish cemetery. Vilinius Mayor Remigijus Simasius told the AP...
Remapping the Vilnius Ghetto
"How people perished in the ghetto—that I understand; what I cannot understand is how they lived there," writes Second World War refugee and esteemed Yiddish...
Purim in Lithuania? A Season for State-Approved Neo-Nazi City-Center Marches
Since the Holocaust, Purim and the Book of Esther cannot be taken only in the light-hearted spirit of the merriest of holidays. Words presaging the scourges...
