Lithuania 
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SOURCE: NBC News
4/4/2021
How a Chicago Teacher Sparked a 'Memory War,' Forcing Lithuania to Confront its Nazi Past
Siliva Foti's family history project became a book that challeged Lithuania's official narrative about its role in the Holocaust, and exposed her grandfather's active role in the extermination of thousands of Lithuanian Jews.
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SOURCE: New York Times
1/27/2021
No More Lies. My Grandfather Was a Nazi
"Suddenly, I no longer had any idea who my grandfather was, what Lithuania was, and how my own story fit in. How could I reconcile two realities? Was Jonas Noreika a monster who slaughtered thousands of Jews or a hero who fought to save his country from the Communists?" writes Silvia Foti.
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SOURCE: NYT
9-10-18
Nazi Collaborator or National Hero? A Test for Lithuania
For the tiny village of Sukioniai in western Lithuania, the exploits of General Storm, a local anti-Communist hero executed by the Soviet secret police in 1947, have long been a source of pride. All along, though, there have been persistent whispers that General Storm, whose real name was Jonas Noreika, also helped the Nazis kill Jews.
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SOURCE: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
2-17-17
Lithuanian nationalists celebrate Holocaust-era quisling, Pepe the Frog near execution site
The main banner featured a picture of the collaborationist Kazys Skirpa modified to resemble Pepe the Frog, symbol of the Alt-Right movement in the US.
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SOURCE: Newsweek
8-6-16
Excavate History? WWII-Era Tunnel Unearths Story of Lithuania's Jews
The discovery of the tunnel dug by Jews to escape extermination by the Nazis raises hopes—and disturbing questions.
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SOURCE: Slate
7-26-15
Lithuania wants to erase its ugly history of Nazi collaboration
How? By accusing Jewish partisans who fought the Germans of war crimes.
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SOURCE: AP
5-19-15
Lithuanians discover that a utility station is built from Jewish gravestones
Only recently did someone happen to notice this remnant from the country’s anti-Semitic past.
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5-12-14
Review of “Jewish Resistance Against the Nazis”
by Murray Polner
Patrick Henry’s masterly collection of cerebral and quite readable essays in "Jewish Resistance Against the Nazis," proves that Jews fighting the Nazis and their allies, violently and nonviolently, was fairly common.
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SOURCE: New York Times
11-12-13
Silent Sentinels at Center of Lithuanian Debate on Bygone Era
Should Vilnius preserve its severe Soviet-era statues?
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