Opinion | The Last Jewish Partisan Fort | History | Blaming the Victims | Germany
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Top: One of the collapsing bunkers at the Vilna Jewish Partisans’ fort in the forest just outside the new German Panzerbrigade 45 training grounds (photo: DefendingHistory.com). Bottom: Panzerbrigade forces just down the road (photos: Panzerbrigade 45).
Editor’s note: The text below is the final English version of a statement by a veteran German public figure. It was approved by the author, then withdrawn on the day scheduled for publication, May 11, 2026. In an accompanying email, the author explained that he had been persuaded to withdraw his statement by an eminent retired Lithuanian parliamentarian who “is ready to ask the Jewish authorities, in what condition the resistance bunker now is actually,” after which he would be “ready to convince the political leaders in Berlin, that the process of renovation could start very soon.”