Combatting East European Holocaust revisionism, denial, obfuscation distortion; glorification of Nazi perpetrators. Fighting for human rights in Eastern Europe including the right to challenge ultranationalist history revisionism. Working for Yiddish language culture and the Litvak (Lithuanian Jewish) heritage.
OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: SAGA OF 2015-2026 EARLIER OPPOSITION COMMENT BY ANDRIUS KULIKAUSKAS, SID LEIMAN, JULIUS NORWILLA, DOVID KATZ 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” THE USCPAHA THE CPJCE THE AJC THE CER THE GWF CEMETERIES MASS GRAVES CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS ◊ VILNIUS—The [ ]
GREAT SYNAGOGUE SAGA OLD CEMETERY SAGA RESTITUTION AWRY LJC AJC GWF USCPAHA ◊ OPINION by Dovid Katz ◊ Sometimes even the misnamed Good Will Foundation (GWF), a failed quango that has squandered millions on its own small circle of friends and family does a [ ]
ANTISEMITISM ◊ OPINION ◊ by Dovid Katz ◊ VILNIUS—It is never easy to determine with precision the point at which a bigot with a fancy degree should cease to be regarded as a fringer best ignored, and when the [ ]
OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: SAGA OF 2015-2026 EARLIER OPPOSITION COMMENT BY ANDRIUS KULIKAUSKAS, SID LEIMAN, JULIUS NORWILLA, DOVID KATZ 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” THE USCPAHA THE CPJCE THE AJC THE CER THE GWF CEMETERIES MASS GRAVES CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS [ ]
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LITHUANIA POLITICS OF MEMORY BLAMING VICTIMS GLORIFYING PERPETRATORS LAST REMNANT OF JEWISH PARTISAN RESISTANCE IN THE FORESTS OF LITHUANIA HISTORY ◊ OPINION ◊ by Roland Binet (De Panne, Belgium) ◊ Soviet rule has disappeared. The Jews are left behind as fair game. [ ]
OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: SAGA OF 2015-2026 EARLIER OPPOSITION COMMENT BY ANDRIUS KULIKAUSKAS, SID LEIMAN, JULIUS NORWILLA, DOVID KATZ 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” THE USCPAHA THE CPJCE THE AJC THE CER THE GWF CEMETERIES MASS GRAVES CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS ◊ A [ ]
OPINION THE GREAT SYNAGOGUE SAGA TEXTBOOK CASE OF RESTITUTION GONE AWRY STOLEN ELECTION SAGA THE LJC THE AJC THE GWF USCPAHA ◊ OPINION ◊ by Dovid Katz ◊ I have argued that Jewish diaspora history comprises a permanent, central religious [ ]
[last update] ◊ see also: BOOKS SECTION New: Prof. Karen Sutton s review ◊ Not yet published: Michael Shafir, Competitive Martyrdom [working title]. Draft manuscript of the book circulated to colleagues (for comments and criticism) before the author s sudden death in 2022. [ ]
OPINION LITHUANIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY ISSUES LITVAK AFFAIRS TEXTBOOK CASE OF FAILURE OF RESTITUTION FOR PLUNDERED PREWAR JEWISH ASSETS GOOD WILL FOUNDATION STOLEN ELECTION SAGA AJC MISADVENTURES IN LITHUANIA CHABAD IN LITHUANIA ◊ VILNIUS—Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky, Chabad s rabbi in Lithuania, who for thirty-two years [ ]
OPINION LEGACY OF 23 JUNE 1941 2011 ATTEMPTS TO SANITIZE THE LAF LAF’S INTENTIONS IN WRITING ŠKIRPA’S PLANS COLLABORATORS GLORIFIED LITHUANIAN JEWISH AFFAIRS CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS ◊ OPINION ◊ by Dovid Katz ◊ In the opinion of every Lithuanian Holocaust survivor interviewed, the magnificent six-century record of [ ]
LAST UPDATE (originally published 21 Aug. 2010). See also (older, not updated) Responses page. 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2024 2025 2026 __ The campaign of defamation by Lithuanian state prosecutors and allied elites (particularly [ ]
OPINION POLITICS OF MEMORY BELGIUM LITHUANIA ◊ by Roland Binet (De Panne, Belgium) ◊ In chapter five of his major book on the Holocaust in Lithuania published last year, Professor Saulius Sužiedėlis discusses theatrical productions that Jakob Gens had [ ]
OPINION MEDIA WATCH LAST JEWISH PARTISAN FORT IN EUROPE HISTORY BLAMING THE VICTIMS GERMANY CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS ◊ OPINION ◊ by Dovid Katz ◊ VILNIUS—Solveig Grothe s article in Germany s weekly Der Spiegel, appeared today in the journal s print edition, and yesterday, in a slightly longer version, in the online [ ]
OPINION MEDIA WATCH LAST JEWISH PARTISAN FORT IN EUROPE HISTORY BLAMING THE VICTIMS GERMANY CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS ◊ OPINION ◊ by Dovid Katz ◊ VILNIUS—Maritta Tkalec is to be congratulated on her fine article in today s Berliner Zeitung (PDF; English; Lithuanian). It breaks the (weird) [ ]
OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: SAGA OF 2015-2026 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” THE USCPAHA THE CPJCE THE AJC THE CER THE GWF CEMETERIES MASS GRAVES CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS ◊ VILNIUS—The Respect Cemeteries group (Gerbkime kapines), based [ ]
OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: SAGA OF 2015-2026 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” THE USCPAHA THE CPJCE THE AJC THE CER THE GWF CEMETERIES MASS GRAVES CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS ◊ ◊ by Andrius Kulikauskas ◊ VILNIUS—On June 10, [ ]
DOUBLE GENOCIDE EU PRAGUE PLATFORM PRAGUE DECLARATION THE SEVENTY YEARS DECLARATION ◊ OPINION ◊ VILNIUS—The Double Genocide movement s long-held wish of major legitimization at or near the European Parliament in Brussels via a huge monument effectively [ ]
DOCUMENTS OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: THE SAGA OF 2015-2025 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” THE USCPAHA THE CPJCE THE AJC THE CER THE GWF CEMETERIES MASS GRAVES CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS ◊ VILNIUS—A deeply ethical and conscientious Vilnius [ ]
DOCUMENTS OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: THE SAGA OF 2015-2025 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” THE USCPAHA THE CPJCE THE AJC THE CER THE GWF CEMETERIES MASS GRAVES CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS ◊ VILNIUS—The following is a draft English [ ]
LAST JEWISH PARTISAN FORT IN EUROPE HISTORY BLAMING THE VICTIMS GERMANY CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS ◊ OPINION ◊ Please ask your elected officials to contact the German embassy in your country: Please rapidly mark, fence and protect the ground sacred to Holocaust survivors and their [ ]
DOCUMENTS OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: THE SAGA OF 2015-2025 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” THE USCPAHA THE CPJCE THE AJC THE CER THE GWF CEMETERIES MASS GRAVES CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS ◊ VILNIUS—The office [ ]
OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: THE SAGA OF 2015-2025 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” USCPAHA (UNITED STATES COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE ABROAD) THE CPJCE (COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF JEWISH CEMETERIES [ ]
OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: SAGA OF 2015-2026 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” THE USCPAHA THE CPJCE THE AJC THE CER THE GWF CEMETERIES MASS GRAVES CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS ◊ ◊ by Andrius Kulikauskas ◊ ◊ On [ ]
[LATEST UPDATE] OPINION YIDDISH INSTRUMENTALIZED FOR EAST EUROPEAN STATE PR OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: THE SAGA OF 2015-2025 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” USCPAHA (UNITED STATES COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE ABROAD) THE [ ]
OPINION YIDDISH INSTRUMENTALIZED FOR EAST EUROPEAN STATE PR OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: THE SAGA OF 2015-2025 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” USCPAHA (UNITED STATES COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE ABROAD) THE [ ]
OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: THE SAGA OF 2015-2025 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” USCPAHA (UNITED STATES COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE ABROAD) THE CPJCE (COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF JEWISH CEMETERIES [ ]
OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: THE SAGA OF 2015-2025 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” USCPAHA (UNITED STATES COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE ABROAD) THE CPJCE (COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF JEWISH CEMETERIES [ ]
OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: THE SAGE OF 2015-2025 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” USCPAHA (UNITED STATES COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE ABROAD) THE CPJCE (COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF JEWISH CEMETERIES [ ]
OPINION FILM ARTS GLORIFICATION OF COLLABORATORS HISTORY ◊ FILM REVIEW ◊ by Roland Binet (De Panne, Belgium) ◊ No Secret Monuments. Silent Statues and the Distortion of Truth. A documentary by Paula Kirman and Adam Bentley. The film s [ ]
[LAST UPDATE] OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: THE SAGA OF 2015-2025 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” USCPAHA (UNITED STATES COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE ABROAD) THE CPJCE (COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF [ ]
The following is Defending History s translation into Lithuanian of Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky s statement of 11 March 2026, Lithuania s Independence Day. The original English appeared the same day in DH, and on 17 March it was published in The Times [ ]
OPINION MUSEUMS VILNIUS LITVAK AFFAIRS ◊ OPINION ◊ VILNIUS—For several decades, the Defending History community has been providing commentary on Jewish and history related museums in Lithuania and the wider region, primarily in our Museums section, initiated [ ]
◊ BOOK REVIEW by Roland Binet (De Panne, Belgium) ◊ Takis Würger, Noah. Von einem, der überlebte, Penguin: München 2021, 188 pp., ISBN: 978-3-328-60167-8. ◊ Reading “NOAH”, by Der Spiegel journalist Takis Würger, here in Dutch (originally published in 2021 in German), I felt that Noah [ ]
OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: THE SAGA OF 2015-2025 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” USCPAHA (UNITED STATES COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE ABROAD) THE CPJCE (COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF JEWISH CEMETERIES [ ]
[LAST UPDATE] JEWISH FORT IN THE FOREST FANIA YOCHELES BRANTSOVSKY DR. RACHEL MARGOLIS BLAMING THE VICTIMS ◊ It was known as the Jewish fort (or the Yiddish speaking fort ) within the network of anti-Nazi Soviet partisan forest enclaves (the only de facto resistance [ ]
OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: THE SAGE OF 2015-2025 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” USCPAHA (UNITED STATES COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE ABROAD) THE CPJCE (COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF JEWISH CEMETERIES [ ]
OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: THE SAGE OF 2015-2025 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” USCPAHA (UNITED STATES COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE ABROAD) THE CPJCE (COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF JEWISH CEMETERIES [ ]
OPINION OLD VILNA JEWISH CEMETERY AT PIRAMÓNT: THE SAGE OF 2015-2025 EARLIER OPPOSITION 2023-2024 “WORKING GROUP” ON VILNA CEMETERY LIST OF MEMBERS MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO NEW “MUSEUM PROJECT” USCPAHA (UNITED STATES COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE ABROAD) THE CPJCE (COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF JEWISH CEMETERIES [ ]