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Box Coverage to 30 September 2011 on the July 2011 Ponár Desecration

Posted on 30 September 2011 by Defending History

Still no official comment in worst-ever desecration of Vilna’s mass murder site Ponár. First full image of the larger monument’s desecration released in Sept. 2011.

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Efraim Zuroff ♦ Jerusalem Post ♦ Timothy Snyder ♦ DefendingHistory.com ♦ After weeks of silence, director of state-run Jewish museum (on 2 Aug.) laments attack and its possible effect on artist’s exhibit in Vilnius

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