“We share a commitment to throw light on the still obscured shadows of the Holocaust.”
-- Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust
Lithuania
Yom HaShoah Commemorations in Lithuania
01.05.2014
On 28 April, Lithuania hosted the 6th March of the Living, which is dedicated to Yom HaShoah - the Holocaust Remembrance Day - in Israel and in many other countries.
Remembrance Events in Lithuania
18.11.2013
On 6 November, 200 students from five Lithuanian gymnasiums met with the players of the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team and paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust at the Paneriai memorial.
Lithunian Students Participate in “Memory Road” Commemoration
01.10.2013
On 23 September the International Historical Commission invited almost 200 Lithuanian educational institutions to participate in the civic initiative “Memory Road” to retrace the memory of numerous Lithuanian Jewish communities destroyed during the Holocaust.
Former Ghetto Hideout (“malina”) Opened at the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum
Malina exhibit
Malina exhibit
Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum
Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum
Lithuania Commemorates Year of Remembrance of the Vilna Ghetto
The President of Lithuania H.E. Mrs. Dalia Grybauskaite awarded the Life Saving Cross to the late Alisa Benn, the sister of Mrs. Sara Ginaite, who accepted the award on her behalf.
Photo by Dz. Barysaite
During the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto at the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry on 20 September
From the right: Minister H.E. Linas Linkevicius, Mrs. Faina Kukliansky, the Chairperson of the Jewish Community of Lithuania, Mr. Aloyzas Stasiuleviciu, the artist, and Dr. Mario Silva, IHRA Chair
Mr. Simonas Alperavicius, the Honorary Chairman of the Lithuanian Jewish Community
H.E. Algirdas Butkevicius, Prime Minister of Lithuania
Photo by Andrius Ufartas
H.E. Vydas Gedvilas, Speaker of the Parliament of Lithuania
Photo by Andrius Ufartas
Lithuania Commemorates Year of Remembrance of the Vilna Ghetto
24.09.2013
In 1994, the 23rd of September was declared the National Memorial Day for the Genocide of Lithuanian Jews. Since then every year on 23 September a solemn ceremony is held at the Holocaust Memorial Complex in Ponar (Paneriai).
Lithuanian and Israeli Presidents Commemorate Victims at Paneriai Memorial
At the Tolerance Center of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum . From left: Emanuelis Zingeris, Member of Lithuanian Parliament, President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite, President of Israel Shimon Peres, Markas Zingeris, Director of Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum. Photo by Dainius Labutis (ELTA).
At Paneriai Memorial. From left: Chaim Burstein, Chief Rabbi of Lithuania, President Shimon Peres, Fania Brantsovskaya, Vilnius Ghetto surviver, President Dalia Grybauskaite. Photo by Dainius Labutis (ELTA).
At Paneriai Memorial. President of Israel Shimon Peres and President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite. Photo by Dainius Labutis (ELTA).
At Paneriai Memorial. President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite. Photo by Dainius Labutis (ELTA).
Lithuanian and Israeli Presidents Commemorate Victims at Paneriai Memorial
09.08.2013
On 1 August Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė together with President Shimon Peres of Israel, who is currently on a state visit to Lithuania, honored the memory of the victims of the Holocaust at the Paneriai Memorial.
Delegation Members
Darius Skusevičius (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) – Head of Delegation
Dainius Junevicius (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) - Deputy Head of Delegation
Julius Jakučinskas (Ministry of Education and Science) - Education Working Group
Sarunas Liekis (Centre for Studies of the Culture and History of European Jews) – Academic Working Group
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