Dozens of authors & sections. Thousands of posts (& pages). Editor’s papers. Seminars. Contact. Support defending history.

———

**Scholars & journalists: When you use DH, please cite DH.**

———

Litvak Times

◊

• LYVA: Lithuanian Yiddish videos

• Shtetls (shtetlakh) in Lithuania

• Windows to a Lost Jewish Past

• Seven Kingdoms of the Litvaks

Yiddish

◊

• YCD: English-Yiddish Dictionary

• YCD: Pilot of new mobile edition

• Yiddish-English dictionaries

• Letters from Yiddish scholars

• Prof. Robert D. King (1936-2023)

• East Broadway to Whitechapel

COME AND VISIT

◊

LITHUANIA

Latest

Issues of the Day (Summer 2026)
Poster for the Macabre June 3rd Demo Planned by Ultranationalists at Vilnius’s Old Jewish Cemetery (Slated to become a National Conference Center)
Andrius Kulikauskas on New Petition Calling on Lithuania's Seimas to Reverse Decision on Permanent Desecration of the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery
Updates on Effort to Save Vilnius’s Old Jewish Cemetery from Plans for a National Convention Center
Sadness and Shock, as Famed Opera Singer ‘Sings in Yiddish’ at Free Concert to Promote Vilnius ‘Convention Center in the Jewish Cemetery’ Project
Translation of Speech by MP & Former Vilnius Mayor Artūras Zuokas at Concert Supporting ‘Convention Center in Old Jewish Cemetery’
Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky and DH Editor Dovid Katz at BNS Press Conference: Calling on Lithuania to Preserve Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery and Cancel ‘Convention Center in the Cemetery’ Project
Defending History’s Rapid Response to Statement from the Seimas on Fate of Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery
Protected: Let Us Together Restore the Last Jewish Anti-Nazi Partisan Fort in Lithuania
Roland Binet Reviews 'No Secret Monuments'
April-May 2026 Updates in the Saga of the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery
Finally, View that ‘a Cemetery is a Cemetery’ Makes it into Lithuanian Media as Debate Sharpens on Fate of Vilnius’s Old Jewish Cemetery
Welcoming New Director of Lithuania’s State Jewish Museum
Book review: Takis Würger's 'Noah'
Vilnius Journalist Arvydas Jockus (Alfa.lt) is First to Provide Lithuanian Readers with Both Sides of the Debate on Fate of Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery
Back in the News: Remnants of Lithuania’s Last anti-Nazi Jewish Partisan Fort, Next Door to New German Army Brigade (Panzerbrigade 45)
Vilius Kavaliauskas Protests Plan for Museum in the Middle of Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery, Insisting on Congress Center
President’s Office, Vilnius Municipality, and Ersatz Jewish Community Leader in Yet Another ‘Agreement’ to Effectively Destroy the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery
Rabbi Elchonon Baron: Yom HaShoah Letter on Planned Desecration of the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery by State Authorities
Blaming the Victims: Documents and Sources
Text of Question and Answer in the German Parliament on Lithuania’s Last Remnants of Jewish Partisan Fort in the Forest (right next door to the new German Army Brigade)
DH’s Social Media Response to Petition from 53 Elites Calling for ‘Convention Center in the Middle of the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery’
53 Signatories of Lithuania’s Declaration of Independence Call on President and PM to Proceed with a National Conference Center Surrounded by Thousands of Jewish Graves
Ruta Bloshtein asks: Dear Mr. Yatom (Yusem), Did This Defamatory Circular Really Come from You?
Roland Binet: Split Image of the Holocaust
Professor Sid Leiman: ‘Superb Declaration by Vinius’s Devoted Rabbi, Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky’
Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky Issues Powerful Statement on Fate of Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery on Occasion of Lithuania’s Independence Day
Harry Gorfine: Paupys, Paupers, and Depauperates
The Defending History Community’s Statement on Putin’s Barbaric War on Ukraine (and the Free World)
Happy 85th Birthday to Professor Joseph Parason (Josifas Parasonis)
Books in the Debate (a DefendingHistory.com selection)
Meir Bulka: Let’s have Scientific Ground Radar to Document Extant Burials in Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery
International Opposition to ‘New’ Proposals for Conference-Memorial Complex, with Seating Capacity for Thousands — in the Middle of the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery
In Historic One-Minute Speech, Rabbi Elchonon Baron Shakes up Conclave of ‘Grave Robbers’ at Academy of Sciences in Central Vilnius
Lithuanian Artist’s Cartoons Illustrate Two Possible Fates for Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Offers Premises for 14 Jan. Rally Set on Permanent Desecration of the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery
A Smaller 2025 Vilnius Yivo Exhibit: Unmentionable by Conference Leaders, and NY’s ‘Forverts’?
On Yvan Leclère’s ‘Emergence of the Shadows’ (L’Affleurement des Ombres)
Disquiet in Vilnius after Large Stone Hurled at Jewish Restaurant, Breaking Front Window
Roland Binet on the 2008 "Prague Declaration" and Double Genocide

Defending History

3 June 2026

Vol. XVII, No. 6114

Page 1
New
Sections
Authors
Countries
Successes
About
All
Support

Herbert Block and Issues of Lithuanian Jewish Cemetery Preservation

The Lithuanian Government’s New Commission on Lithuanian Jewish Heritage

Posted on 8 April 2015 by Defending History

D O C U M E N T S

The following English version of the Lithuanian government’s announcement of its new state commission on Jewish heritage was released today. A PDF of the entire document is available here. An excerpt containing the mission statement is available here.

Posted in "Jewish" Events as Cover?, Defense of Old Jewish Cemeteries and Mass Grave Sites, Documents, Herbert Block and Issues of Lithuanian Jewish Cemetery Preservation, Lithuania, Litvak Affairs, News & Views, Politics of Memory | Tagged Abraham Ginsberg, Alminas Maciulis, Andrew Baker, Andrijana Filinaite, Diana Varnaite, Elvinas Jankevcius, EvelinaPetrone, Faina Kukliansky, Gideon Taylor, Herbert Block, Jewish cemeteries in Lithuania, Jewish heritage in Lithuania, Jewish mass graves in Lithuania, Jonathan Brent, Julius Pagojus, Leonidas Melnikas, Lina Saulenaite, Mantvydas Bekesius, Markas Zingeris, Misha Jakobas, Rimantas Vaitkus, Romas Jarockis, Samuel Gruber, Shmuel Levin, Vladas Bumelis, VytautasVisinskis | Comments Off on The Lithuanian Government’s New Commission on Lithuanian Jewish Heritage

Newer posts →

↑ Return to Top

Dozens of authors & sections. Thousands of posts (& pages). Editor’s papers. Seminars. Contact. Support defending history.

———

Scholars & journalists: When you use DH, please cite DH.

———

Litvak Times

• LYVA: Lithuanian Yiddish videos

• Vilna Jewish mini museum

• Interwar mini museum

• Litvak language atlas

• Shtetls (shtetlakh) in Lithuania

• Gaon of Vilna

• Mikháleshik yizkor book

• Contemporary Litvak affairs

• Resource page