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Vilna Ghetto

Aerial view of the excavation area and the Great Synagogue of Vilna (Rytis Tamulynas, Vilna Great Synagogue and Shulhoyf Research Project)
August 4, 2026, 10:22 pm
Buried for 70 years, Vilna’s Great Synagogue reveals heart of pre-WWII Jewish community
First-ever excavation of prayer house, which served as spiritual center of Lithuanian Jewry before being destroyed by Nazis and Soviets, uncovers platform for reading Torah and other remains
By Zev Stub
Photo of Yitskhok Rudashevski in the 1930s. (Courtesy of Ghetto Fighters' House Museum, Israel/ Photo Archive and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research)
July 20, 2024, 7:55 am
Now online, diary of teen shot by Nazis tells of desperation, fear, hope in Vilna Ghetto
In its second web-based exhibition, YIVO makes available the lucid observations of Yitskhok Rudashevski, a 15-year-old made wise beyond his years by a life of oppression
By Cathryn J. Prince
A view of an opening event for the Vilnius 700th anniversary events in the Lithuanian capital, January 25, 2023. (Gabriel Khiterer via JTA)
October 28, 2023, 1:16 am
As Vilnius celebrates its 700th anniversary, Lithuanian Jews commemorate a darker one
A thriving Jewish center for hundreds of years, the city saw its Jews decimated by the Nazis and local collaborators, a history not all Lithuanians are willing to confront
By Emily Tamkin
A nun prays beside the casket and photo of 110-year-old Roman Catholic Sister Cecylia Roszak, believed to be the world's oldest nun, and a rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust, during her funeral ceremonies at Church of Our Lady of the Snows the Dominican in Krakow, Poland, November 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
November 23, 2018, 12:38 am
Polish nun who rescued Jews during Holocaust laid to rest
Cecylia Roszak was thought to be the oldest nun in the world; poet Abba Kovner was one those she and her sisters saved at a local convent
By AP and ToI Staff
Cecylia Maria Roszak, right, who was awarded the 'Righteous Among Nations' honor for helping to save Jews during the Holocaust, seen here in Krakow, Poland, May 2018. (Piotr Jantos/Archdiocese of Krakow)
November 21, 2018, 8:58 pm
Polish nun who helped hide Vilna ghetto rebels during Holocaust dies at 110
Cecylia Roszak was thought to be the oldest nun in the world; poet Abba Kovner was one those she and her sisters saved at a local convent
By Stuart Winer
Pope Francis delivers his message as he celebrates Mass at the Santakos Park, in Kaunas, Lithuania, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018. Francis paid tribute Sunday to Lithuanians who suffered and died during Soviet and Nazi occupations on the day the country remembers the near-extermination of its centuries-old Jewish community during the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
September 23, 2018, 4:43 pm
Honoring Holocaust victims, Pope warns Lithuanians against anti-Semitism
Marking destruction of Vilna Ghetto, Pontiff cautions 100,000 gathered for mass against the reappearance of “pernicious attitudes” leading to genocide
By Nicole Winfield
Pope Francis waves at the faithful attending his weekly general audience at the Saint Peter's square, on September 19, 2018, in the Vatican. (AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)
September 21, 2018, 3:57 pm
Pope to pay tribute to Holocaust victims in Vilna ghetto visit
On papal trip to Lithuania, Francis to also honor Catholics jailed for challenging the Soviet regime
By Vaidotas Beniusis
Melody Barron
April 12, 2018, 12:35 pm
Melody Barron
The hero who planned to kill 6 million Germans
Abba Kovner, a leader of the Vilna Ghetto uprising, planned to use poison to avenge the murder of Jews
The Cameri Theatre (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
April 23, 2012, 10:20 am
Students cheer Nazis at Holocaust Remembrance Day play
News of youngsters’ behavior at Cameri performance of ‘Ghetto’ prompts debate about educational failures
By Aaron Kalman
The shirt worn by Nina Denty Abayov's baby brother, found in their Athens home after the war (Courtesy Yad Vashem)
April 19, 2012, 8:58 am
Pieces of a personal Holocaust history
Holocaust survivors and their children share fragments of memory with Yad Vashem
By Jessica Steinberg
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