Will Yivo Capitulate to East European ‘State Looting’ of its Archives in Vilnius? Provide Name as Cover for Holocaust Obfuscation & Antisemitism?
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Lithuanian Foreign Ministry gloats over recent ‘catches’ — but issues different text for ‘Jewish consumption’
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Comment: Assn of Lithuanian Jews,Assn for Promotion of Human Rights,Danny Ben-Moshe, Milan Chersonski,Leyzer Ran Family, Dovid Katz, Dov Levin, Yossi Melman, Simon Wiesenthal Center. Also: Allan Nadler, Elan Steinberg, Efraim Zuroff; Abe Foxman, Carl Rheins
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Reports in the Forward by Paul Berger (I, II, III, IV, V); In DH.com (I,II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X).
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Yivo Director attacks critics of Lithuanian government’s Holocaust and antisemitism policies; calls critics ‘well-oiled fanatics’; his statements on swastika legalization andminister’s comments on Jews
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Meanwhile in Tel Aviv, at Lithuanian prosecutors’ demand, Interpol liaisons interviewed Holocaust survivor, 86, continuing 5 year campaign against survivors
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Yad Vashem cancelled invitations to visiting minister at Vilna Ghetto memorial; But Yivo announced plan to forfeit its Holocaust-era looted treasures to ‘Jewish PR’ unit, and to host Lithuanian Gov Sponsored Concert in NY with foreign minister as ‘Guest of Honor’
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Less than a week later, foreign minister was back to red-brown politics — and his ministry hosted a conference to obfuscate the Holocaust and defame Jewish partisan heroes
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The real issues, and Dr. Rachel Margolis, seem forgotten
