Emanuelis Zingeris, Chairman of the International Historical Commission, in his Facebook profile expressed support for Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius for removing a plaque honoring Jonas Noreika and reminded about undisputed statement issued by the sub-Commission for the evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi Occupation Regime and the Holocaust earlier this year regarding Jonas Noreika.  More…

At the end of June, a one-day seminar was held in Vilnius for the teachers to prepare them for an international seminar – an internship in the Yad Vashem institution in Israel. More…

On 14 June Lithuania commemorates the Day of Mourning and Hope. This day marks the start of deportation of Lithuanian citizens on 14 June 1941, when about 17500 people were deported from Lithuania in one week,  5060 of which were children under sixteen. More…