Ruta Vanagaite
After Daniel Gold’s presentation in 2014, we were left wondering about why we hadn’t already heard much about how Lithuanians had supported, aided and abetted German efforts to persecute Jews in their country. This article is welcome news.
Lithuanians are taking an agonising closer look at their forefathers’ role in killing Jewish neighbours during the Holocaust, a dark chapter of the Baltic country’s history that was hidden for decades.
A series of books and films has triggered national soul-searching by making the point that while Lithuanians were the victims of Nazi and Soviet occupation of the country, at times they too were perpetrators of crimes and their victims were Jews.
Bestselling author Ruta Vanagaite, who co-wrote “Our People” (Musiskiai) with top Israeli Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff, is the latest to spark difficult discussions.
Writing the book turned out to be deeply personal and painful when she discovered her grandfather had collaborated with Nazis by working for a commission compiling lists of Jews in 1941.
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