Daily Archives: 23 September 2016

September 23rd Events in the Vilnius Region

Posted on 23 September 2016 by Defending History

DEFENDING HISTORY WAS THERE

Annual Sept. 23 Official Commemoration Ceremony at the Ponár (Paneriai) Mass Murder Site Outside Vilnius, Lithuania

Historic Breakthrough as Lithuanian Jewish Community’s Faina Kukliansky Finally Calls for Removal of Street Names and Memorials for Holocaust Collaborators, Boldly Citing Juozas Krikštaponis, Jonas Noreika, and Kazys Škirpa; Sharp Contrast with Last Year’s Failed Event

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Posted in Cemeteries and Mass Graves, Commemorations for Destroyed Communities, Events, Israel, Lithuania, Lithuania's Jewish Community Issues, Litvak Affairs, Museums, News & Views, Politics of Memory, Ponár (Ponary, Paneriai), September 23rd Commemorations | Tagged Amir Maimon, Efraim Zuroff, Faina Kukliansky, glorification of Holocaust collaborators, Holocaust Commemoration in Lithuania, Holocaust museum in Vilnius, Jonas Noreika, Julius Norwilla, Juozas Krikštaponis, Kazys Škirpa, Ponar (Paneriai, Ruta Vanagaite | Comments Off