Posts Tagged: Old Vilnius Jewsh Cemetery
Jewish Activists Declare Victory as Lithuanian Government Shelves Plans to Build Conference Center on Vilnius Cemetery Grounds
The government of Lithuania announced on Monday that it was shelving widely-criticized plans to build a cutting edge convention center on land containing graves from...
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...