It has become the Baltic state’s largest major museum dedicated to the history of Lithuanian Jewry and Shoah education ...

Archaeologists unearthed the central prayer platform of the main synagogue in Vilnius, Lithuania, which was destroyed by the Nazis in World War II. This summer, archaeologists in the capital of ...

Israelis of Lithuanian origin are demanding that Lithuania acknowledge its role during the Holocaust before it asks world support for its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. The ...

With horror, I read recently about the Lithuanian state’s attempt to hide its history of Nazi collaboration — by accusing Jewish partisans who fought against the Germans (and their Lithuanian ...

History is not preserved by monuments or institutions. It is preserved by accuracy, accountability, and the willingness to confront what is difficult. Nowhere is that obligation more binding than in ...

During World War II, when Lithuania was occupied by Germany, an overwhelming majority of the country's Jews were killed with the active cooperation of ethnic Lithuanians. Sixty years later, ...

Winner of the top prize at IDFA, the Ukrainian doc maker's epic chronicle of the early collapse of the USSR is authoritative and detailed even by his exacting standards. However much you think you ...

Good things come in small packages. This adage has withstood the test of time beyond jewelry marketing. The latest fascinating cultural and geopolitical case study is Lithuania. The Baltic nation of 2 ...

Aug. 7—A slate of festivities dedicated to Lithuanian culture, history and heritage will be observed at the 110th edition of Lithuanian Days on Saturday and Sunday. This year's version of the ...

During his first speech in the Baltics Saturday, Pope Francis told Lithuanian authorities to take pride in their country's history of welcoming people of different faiths and ethnicities. "All found a ...