On March 11, 1990, Lithuania became the first Soviet Republic to declare its independence from the Soviet Union. The U.S.S.R.

History is not preserved by monuments or institutions. It is preserved by accuracy, accountability, and the willingness to confront what is difficult. Nowhere is that obligation more binding than in ...

The Eastern European country has never punished one of its citizens for participating in the mass murder of Jews during the ...

Israelis of Lithuanian origin are demanding that Lithuania acknowledge its role during the Holocaust before it asks world support for its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. The ...

As we approach Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, this year’s theme of “Bridging Generations” reminds us that the responsibility of remembrance lies with all of us. At the Lost Shtetl Museum, a ...

Svaja Worthington was only five years old in 1944 when her family walked away from their Lithuanian home in the face of Russian brutality. During World War II, Lithuania had been occupied first by the ...

Good things come in small packages. This adage has withstood the test of time beyond jewelry marketing. The latest fascinating cultural and geopolitical case study is Lithuania. The Baltic nation of 2 ...

Archaeologists unearthed the central prayer platform of the main synagogue in Vilnius, Lithuania, which was destroyed by the Nazis in World War II. This summer, archaeologists in the capital of ...