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Rehabilitations

Discussions of the Rehabilitations of Alleged Holocaust Perpetrators in Lithuania

Coverage in the New York Times in 1991-1992:


‘Soviet Turmoil: Lithuania Starts to Wipe Out Convictions for War Crimes’ by Stephen Kinzer, in the New York Times (5 Sepember 1991).

‘Soviet Turmoil: Lithuania’s Prosecutor Denies Rehabilitating Nazi War Criminals’ by Robert D. McFadden, in the New York Times (8 September 1991).

‘On my Mind: Absolution for Killers’ in the New York Times, by A. M. Rosenthal (10 September 1991).

‘Soviet Turmoi: Lithuania Asks Israeli to help on War Crimes’ in the New York Times (11 September 1991).

‘Lithuania Halts the Reversal of War Crimes Convictions’ by Henry Kamm, in the New York Times (17 October 1991).

‘Lithuania Is Reviewing War Cases, Judge Says’ in the New York Times (20 October 1991).

‘Lithuania Promises to Investigate Nazi Cases’ by Marvine Howe, in the New York Times (17 November 1991).

‘Lithuania Will Evaluate Pardons in Nazi Collaboration Cases’ by Stephen Kinzer, in the New York Times (25 December 1992).


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