Other events in Baltic States

On April 19, the Lithuanian Embassy in Poland hosted an event to pay tribute to the memory of Lithuanian residents who became Victims of the Holocaust. Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University Professor Sarunas Liekis and the U.S. Millersville University Professor Saulius Suziedelis took part in the event, reported BC the press service of the Foreign Ministry.

Lithuanian Ambassador to Poland Loreta Zakareviciene greeted the participants. She noted that the Seimas of Lithuania announced the 2011 the Year of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust in Lithuania and associated events take place not only in Lithuania, but all around the world, including Poland.

During the event Liekis presented recently released book of memories of Abraham Suckever "From Vilnius ghetto".

Suziedelis delivered a lecture "Problems of the Holocaust in Lithuania" in which he analyzed issues related to different historical narratives, affecting the perception of the Holocaust in Lithuania, as well as current problems faced by the Holocaust researchers.

According to Suziedelis, despite considerable progress, awareness of the Holocaust in the historical memory of the Lithuanian population demands the Jewish life and culture to be recognized the integral part of Lithuanian history and culture. Understanding of the tragedy of Lithuanian Jews, who became victims of the Holocaust, he says, should become central part of the modern Lithuania's history, including the Lithuanian population behavior at the time of mass killings of Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators.

Ambassador Zakareviciene noted that this event coincides with the 68th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, when Warsaw Jews heroically resisted the Nazis.

The Ambassador congratulated the representatives of the Jewish community, who currently celebrate the Jewish Feast of Passover to commemorate the escape of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt.