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Lithuania’s Jewish community locked in accusations, litigation

Leadership elections held in a few offices of the Jewish Community of Lithuania past spring resulted in mutual accusations and court trials. […]

Simonas Gurevičius
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Petition initiated against new rules for Lithuanian Jewish community leader election

Simonas Gurevičius, a member of the board at Vilnius’ Jewish Community, has initiated a petition against the new rules for election of the chairperson of the Jewish Community of Lithuania (JCL), demanding to bring the earlier rules back. […]

National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews Marked with Commemoration at Paneriai
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‘This day remains extremely painful to all of us’ – Prof Landsbergis at Paneriai (Ponar)

Paneriai,— The National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews was marked officially on September with a public commemoration at Paneriai, the most notorious Second World War massacre site in Lithuania where up to 100,000 people were killed. […]

Faina Kukliansky
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Jewish community leader calls for publication of list of Holocaust collaborators

On Friday, the Lithuanian Jewish Community called for the publication of “general data” on about 2,000 people who, according to historical research, may have participated in the Holocaust during World War II. […]