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“Setting aside her personal interests, Ruta Vanagaite risked her safety and her livelihood for the sake of historical truth and for the sake of the future of her country. By bringing painful subjects to light regardless of the personal cost, she acted as a true patriot of her country”, said Dr. Moshe Kantor.

The European Jewish Congress (EJC) strongly condemns the outrageous attacks on Ruta Vanagaite, a Lithuanian author, who has written about Lithuanian complicity in the Holocaust, and which have included threats made against her and a decision to prevent the publication and distribution of her works. “It should be unthinkable that in 2017, books with views […]

EJC President Dr Ariel Muzicant presented the Golden Vision Award on behalf of EJC’s affiliated Jewish communities to Austrian National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka during a ceremony held in the Austrian Parliament in the presence of Jewish leaders from over 30 countries across Europe.

Construction was documented near a mass grave of Jewish Lithuanian Holocaust victims on privately owned land that the government had promised to reclaim.

A new book by writer Rūta Vanagaitė and historian Christoph Dieckmann on the history of the Holocaust in Lithuania was presented at a launch event held at the Choral Synagogue in Vilnius.

The EJC and the LJC encourage further respectful discussion on the topic of the tragedy of Lithuanian Jews during the Holocaust in order to allow for the restoration of historical justice.