On the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust, the Lithuanian Centre for Human Rights is spearheading the installation of 19 remembrance stones in the cities of Vilnius, Kaunas, Siauliai, and Panevezys.
A new exhibit helps Lithuanians explore questions of vital importance: What do we expect of ordinary people in extraordinary times? What would I have done? And what will I do? As they ponder these questions, Lithuania’s young people will have the opportunity to become a new generation of rescuers – rescuers of their nation’s memory, rescuers of moral conscience.
On Yom HaShoah, the anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, we remember the Jews killed in the Holocaust. On April 16, I will remember the six million. And I will remember the afternoon I spent recently with a group of nuns – an encounter that surprised me
During World War II in Lithuania, the penalty for hiding Jews was death. Nonetheless, Jura’s family extended a helping hand to mine.
Recently, members of our two families gathered around a dining room table in New York City. We came together to listen, to
Will a neglected building in the old Vilna ghetto become a place that helps to open minds and hearts?
A group of young Lithuanians is trying to make that happen.
One recent afternoon, a crew equipped with brooms and flashlights made its way into a derelict