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Survivor of Nazi and Soviet repressions: I fear again when I see fascination with cruelty

Juliana Zarchi, the daughter of a German mother and a Jewish father, who survived Nazi and Soviet repressions in Lithuania, says her fears are rekindled again as she sees re-emerging fascination with cruelty, despite horrible lessons of the twentieth century. […]

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Lithuanian government proposes to extend anonymity guarantees for former KGB agents

The Government of Lithuania on Wednesday backed legal amendments under which information about people who voluntarily admitted to have collaborated with the Soviet state security agency, the KGB, would remain classified indefinitely. […]

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President’s office calls for caution in publishing lists of KGB collaborators

Chief advisor to the Lithuanian president on foreign policy, Jovita Neliupšienė, says that the names of people who voluntarily admitted their collaboration with the KGB may be revealed only after the situation is thoroughly analysed. […]

Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas. 1947 m. vasara (LGGRTC Genocido aukų muziejaus fondų nuotr.)
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Lithuanian court finds ex-KGB agent guilty of genocide in guerilla leader case

A Kaunas court on Thursday found former KGB officer Ylya Vorobyov guilty for complicity in the 1956 detention of former guerilla chief Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas and sentenced him to two years of restricted freedom. […]