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Stated Purposes of Lithuanian Government’s New Commission on Jewish Heritage

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The following excerpt from the Lithuanian government’s documents, released today, explains the purposes of the new state commission on Jewish heritage. It is excerpted from longer documents available here and here. Updates on the commission’s history will appear on this page.

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The Lithuanian Government’s New Commission on Lithuanian Jewish Heritage

Posted on 8 April 2015 by Defending History

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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, Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery at Piramónt (in Šnipiškės / Shnípishok), 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

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