Forest Brothers

  • History

Anušauskas. The power of a symbol

To believe or not to believe in the power of a symbol is something that everyone decides for themselves. Some…

5 years ago
  • History

Freedom fighters v. Wikipedia. Is it a tool to distort history?

The free online encyclopaedia Wikipedia is arguably the most common platform for public accumulation of information. Over time the founders…

5 years ago
  • History

Kraujelis-Siaubūnas’ sister: “I cried much, so much searching and suddenly – joy”

The remains of Antanas Kraujelis-Siaubūnas, which were discovered in Vilnius’ Našlaičių Cemetery are important for all of Lithuania, however, the…

5 years ago
  • History

Lithuania’s last partisan Kraujelis-Siaubūnas remains found

Remains of Lithuania's last partisan Antanas Kraujelis-Siaubūnas were found and identified in Vilnius today. Genetic studies have confirmed the identity…

5 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Baltic security in the age of Trump

The election of Donald J. Trump as US President on November 7, 2016 has brought a year of living dangerously…

7 years ago
  • History
  • Opinion

Unpacking the history of the Baltic “Forest Brothers”

War is never two dimensional. Edward Lucas considers one chapter of anti-Soviet resistance, on the website of the Center for…

7 years ago
  • History

Lithuanía’s response to Russia OSCE forum: Guerrilla fought Soviet terror

Lithuania's ambassador has rejected Russia's reproaches on historical memory, emphasizing at an international diplomatic forum that the guerrilla resistance to…

7 years ago
  • History

Swedish ex-PM Bildt tweets: history of Baltic partisans was hidden for too long

Carl Bildt, a former Swedish prime minister and foreign minister, says that people in other parts of Europe know too…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Russia, enraged by NATO film about the History of the Baltic States, insults partisans

After NATO showed a short film over social media about the "Forest Brothers" – the partisans in Lithuania, Latvia and…

7 years ago
  • Opinion

Russia couldn’t find a future but wants to manage the past

Next year Russia will hold presidential elections. But there are some problems. First of all, Russia is not a democratic…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Tapinas evaluated impact of Forest Brothers campaign on Facebook

"This move is just a small detail, but it displayed that when the time comes we can mobilise over ten…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Why did the NATO film on the “forest brothers” frighten the Kremlin more than tanks?

They could take it when we were accepted into NATO and even when Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė described Russia as…

7 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Foreign Minister stresses importance of Facebook response to Russia

After thousands of Lithuanians responded on Facebook to the Moscow attempts to spread propaganda on post-war guerrilla in three Baltic…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Darius Udrys uncovered how unprepared we are to discuss morality without outrage

I have written a short Facebook comment in Lithuanian regarding the latest meltdown within the local liberal circles, but this…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Russian film shown in Lithuania is suspected of being propaganda. Not all agree

Lithuania, 1940. A time when no one knew who was friend or foe; a time when even people close to…

7 years ago
  • Society

Partisan documents found hidden in magazine of gun in northern Lithuania

Former members of Lithuania's anti-Soviet resistance movement have found documents from the Šatrija partisan territorial unit in the Telšiai district…

8 years ago
  • Society

Former Soviet security officer sent to jail over 1956 operation on guerrilla leader

A Kaunas court on Thursday found former Soviet security officer Stanislovas Drelingas guilty of genocide and sentenced him to five…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: A letter to my international friends about 25 years of Lithuanian independence

I would like to share my celebration with you. Some of you might have noticed me wearing amber today –…

10 years ago
  • Global LT

13 January commemoration – The Invisible Front in Washington

On Tuesday, 13 January, the Lithuanian community and a large number of American guests commemorated in Washington’s University Club the…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian court opens second case into murder of anti-Soviet resistance commander

Kaunas Regional Court on Tuesday opened one more case into the murder of Lithuanian anti-Soviet resistance commander Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas. [...]

10 years ago