Defending History (DefendingHistory.com)

Documenting and opposing Holocaust revisionism in Eastern Europe. For: human rights; cemetery preservation; preserving authentic Yiddish language and culture.

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Defending History calls on readers to ask elected officials to contact the nearest German embassy to call for urgent steps to preserve the Jewish anti-Nazi partisan fort remains that abut the forest training ground of Germany's new brigade in Lithuania: https://t.co/EwlFJHULLB

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Please email Seimas committee deciding future of Old #Vilnius Jewish Cemetery (protesting a convention center project surrounded by thousands of graves): [email protected]. If you wish, send copy for publication to [email protected]. More info at: https://t.co/FETsyvTrix @JTAnews @ADL

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Some background to this evening's demonstration at the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery and the small Defending History observation team you are welcome to join...
https://t.co/QcZuB120gA

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Tonight, #Vilnius at 7PM at 'Sporto rumai': NOT a counter-demonstration, just a small spiritual presence to think about the many thousands buried at the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery, and to observe the far-right demonstration calling for a national conference center here. Come join!

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The Defending History community invites people to silently observe this Wednesday's (7 PM) macabre ultranationalist demo on top of the extant graves of Vilnius's Old Jewish Cemetery. They call for a Soviet ruin to become the national convention center: https://t.co/QcZuB120gA

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Dr. Andrius Kulikauskas launches petition calling on Lithuania's Seimas to reverse the recent unfortunate decision to desecrate the Old Vilnius Jewish Cemetery: https://t.co/FETsyvTrix @CnaanL @JTAnews @LithuanianJews @AJCGlobal @ADL

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Two competing visions for future #Vilnius: What the Grand Dukes of #Lithuania saw from #Gediminas's mount? Or what the #Soviet commissars saw? See https://t.co/FRd99nM8Mp for more.

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Sadness & shock in the international Litvak community at news that famed opera singer Judita Leitaitė performed IN #YIDDISH at rally in favor of a national convention center being situated among thousands of extant graves in #Vilnius's old Jewish cemetery: https://t.co/UAfocpHbUY

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The Defending History community is deeply saddened that former Vilnius mayor Artūras Zuokas has launched his new campaign by pushing plans for a national convention center surrounded by thousands of Jewish graves going back to the 15th century. For shame. https://t.co/b9wa516Z37

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Report on today's BNS news conference calling on Lithuania to preserve Vilnius's Old Jewish Cemetery and abandon plans for the "convention center in the Old Jewish Cemetery": https://t.co/Ugty4YqklX

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Friends in #Vilnius welcome Friday 11 AM to Rabbi Sholom Ber #Krinsky's press conference pleading with Lithuania to restore rather than destroy the Old #Vilna Jewish Cemetery at Piramónt (Shnípishok, modern #Šnipiškės). DH's Dovid Katz will also speak... https://t.co/iVvBhaxzYW

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Defending History's rapid response to the Seimas's statement on the fate of the Old Vilnius Jewish Cemetery and the disturbing, macabre debate between "museum" and "convention center" outcomes instead of the one ethical choice: cemetery restoration... https://t.co/5tK3qfGSR1

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Defending History's Roland Binet reviews new documentary film 'No Secret Monuments' on public-space state-enabled monuments honoring Nazi collaborators in the three Baltic states and Finland.
https://t.co/DKJC8T6LNm

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Though with a biased headline imposed, Vilniaus kraštas became the 1st Lithuanian publ. to publish a translation of Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky's epic piece on the importance FOR Lithuania of preserving and restoring the 500+ year old Vilna Jewish Cemetery.
https://t.co/h79naXgPxm

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Welcoming the director of #Lithuania's state Jewish museum to his new post: https://t.co/tLpyt1mXSQ @JewishMuseumLDN @JewishMuseumSA @JewishMuseum @AuschwitzMuseum @yadvashem @yadvashemUK @ushmm @GermanyDiplo @USEmbVilnius @JTAnews @jewishchronicle @jdforward @LithuanianJews

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Bravo to eminent Lithuanian journalist Arvydas Jockus (https://t.co/jiTpaOhxHK), FIRST to present the Lithuanian reader with a balanced report re fate of the Old Vilnius Jewish Cemetery at Piramont (Shnipishok, Šnipiškės) where thousands still lie buried: https://t.co/zWLYEno9rQ

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Major Litvak scholar & leader, Rabbi Elchonon Baron reacts to announcement re planned renovation of Soviet monstrosity in the heart of Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery where thousands still lie buried: https://t.co/zBfzaXPhTW @GitanasNauseda @VBenkunskas @GoVilnius @LithuanianGovt

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Latest plan to desecrate Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery (Šnipiškės) via a museum. Sorry, it's the same for the dead of a nation's minorities: A CEMETERY IS A CEMETERY IS A CEMETERY. Thousands still lie buried there! https://t.co/Mv9f4JvcPW @GitanasNauseda @LithuanianGovt @VBenkunskas

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UPDATES to saga of the new German #NATO Brigade in #Lithuania abutting the rapidly sinking last Jewish anti-Nazi partisan fort (in Lithuania; anywhere?): https://t.co/stFHolZQDi @yadvashem @yadvashemUK @ushmm @jewishpartisans @NATO @yivoinstitute @HolocaustCentUK @HolocaustUK

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UPDATES to saga of last remnant of Jewish anti-Nazi resistance in Lithuania, next door to German army's 45th brigade: https://t.co/FRd99nM8Mp @GermanAmbUK @yadvashem @yadvashemUK @YadVashemDE @TheIHRA @HolocaustUK @jewishchronicle @JTAnews @gideonrachman @HolocaustMuseum @ADL