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Aftermath of the Babi Yar ravine massacre in Kiev, Ukraine, during which 33,000 Jews were murdered between Sept. 29-30, 1941. (public domain)
April 11, 2018, 3:40 am
In eastern Europe, when Nazis killed Jews, a ‘carnival atmosphere’ prevailed
In a new, second book about ‘Holocaust by bullets,’ Father Patrick Desbois depicts in grim detail local bystanders' culpability while Nazis implemented the Final Solution
By Matt Lebovic
'Our People' (Musiskiai) by Nazi hunter US- born Israeli historian Efraim Zuroff and Lithuanian writer Ruta Vanagaite pictured during the presentation of the the book in Vilnius, February 17, 2016. (AFP/Petras Malukas)
April 3, 2018, 4:19 pm
In new Holocaust controversy, Lithuanian law would ban books critical of country
Proposed legislation, seen as response to Holocaust book 'Our People,' provokes condemnation by critics saying it curtails free speech
By JTA
A memorial to the 70,000 Jews of Vilnius and its environs killed by Nazis and their accomplices during World War II, Vilnius, Lithuania, February 16, 2016. (AFP/Petras Malukas)
February 9, 2018, 11:07 pm
Lithuanian official offers cash reward for thesis pinning war crimes on Jews
Vigilijus Sadauskas is in charge of ethics in academia; top lawmaker says he should resign, Jewish community calls him anti-Semitic
By JTA
Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff in his Jerusalem office, January 2018 (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
February 5, 2018, 11:33 pm
On Holocaust distortion, Poland is the ‘tip of the iceberg,’ Nazi hunter says
Efraim Zuroff welcomes Israel's opposition to the Polish complicity bill, but laments that other countries have been getting away with much worse for decades
By Raphael Ahren
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at the Sugihara House in Kaunas, Lithuania, on January 14, 2018. (AFP Photo/Petras Malukas)
January 15, 2018, 2:15 am
Abe visits memorial to ‘Japanese Schindler’ in Lithuania
Diplomat Chiune Sugihara is credited with saving 6,000 European Jews from the Holocaust by issuing visas in defiance of Tokyo
By AFP
This photo taken on June 7, 2016 shows people looking at a placard following an inauguration ceremony for a street named after Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
January 13, 2018, 8:39 am
Abe to pay tribute to Japan’s Schindler in Lithuania
Nearly 80 years ago, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara saved 6,000 Jews from the Nazis by issuing visas that allowed them to escape Europe for the Land of the Rising Sun
By Vaidotas Beniusis
Illustrative: A pro Israel rally in Atlanta on July 25, 2014 (AP Photo/Ron Harris)
January 12, 2018, 5:54 pm
Israel said planning to close consulate in Atlanta, 6 other missions amid cuts
Embassies in Ireland, Belarus, Eritrea, Dominican Republic, consulate in Bengaluru, and embassy in either Latvia or Lithuania reportedly on chopping block
By TOI staff and JTA
Lithuania Jewish community president Faina Kukliansky. (Screen capture/YouTube)
December 28, 2017, 11:29 am
Lithuanian court nullifies Jewish community elections
Ruling comes in light of power struggle amid sharp opposition to national group's president Faina Kukliansky
By JTA
Lithuanian writer Ruta Vanagaite presents the book "Our People" (Musiskiai) with co-author top Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff, February 17, 2016. (AFP/Petras Malukas_
October 30, 2017, 5:14 pm
Lithuanian publisher recalls books by writer who triggered Holocaust debate
Rūta Vanagaite’s work is credited with breaking taboos in Lithuanian society about collaboration during World War II
By Cnaan Liphshiz
The Magen Abraham Synagogue in Ahmedabad, India. (Wikipedia/Emmanuel Dyan/CC BY)
October 26, 2017, 1:59 pm
IS operatives accused of planning attack on Indian synagogue
Indian anti-terror officials say suspects carried out reconnaissance on the Magen Abraham synagogue in Gujarat on Sept. 12, were planning either an explosion or shooting
By TOI staff
A manuscript that includes astronomical calculators is displayed at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York, on October 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
October 25, 2017, 12:10 am
Rare trove of papers believed lost in Holocaust go on display in US
Among Lithuanian documents on show at New York's YIVO museum are Sholem Aleichem letters and a Marc Chagall postcard in Yiddish
By AP
PM Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius in Jerusalem, September 4, 2017. (Haim Zach/GPO)
September 5, 2017, 5:29 pm
Swayed by Israel, Lithuanian minister urges EU rethink on Iran deal
Foreign minister, visiting Jerusalem, says meetings with officials opened his eyes about 'holes' in the 2015 nuclear agreement
By Raphael Ahren
A film crew preparing to record at the former concentration camp known as the Seventh Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania, on July 12, 2016. (JTA/Cnaan Liphshiz)
August 31, 2017, 5:03 pm
Lithuanian troops train at former concentration camp where 5,000 Jews buried
Now known as the Seventh Fort, the grounds are used for summer camps and to host private events
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Bill Slott at the grave of his great-great grandfather in Pushalot, Lithuania (Courtesy)
August 22, 2017, 4:16 pm
Craving memory in Pushalot, Lithuania
He is the great-great grandson of a Lithuanian egg peddler and the father of Israeli soldiers
By Bill Slott
The ritual baths of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius, excavated by a team of Israeli, American and Lithuanian archaeologists, summer 2017. (John Seligman/IAA)
August 18, 2017, 12:14 pm
Archaeologists uncover the heart of Nazi-razed Vilnius synagogue
Discovery of ritual baths adds another dimension to reconstruct daily life of slaughtered community known as the 'Jerusalem of Lithuania'
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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