World Jewish Congress Opposes Chicago Monument Honoring Lithuanian Commander Alleged to Have Collaborated With Nazis to Murder Jews
June 04, 2019
June 04, 2019
NEW YORK, June 4 -- The World Jewish Congress issued the following news release:
The World Jewish Congress regrets the decision of the Lithuanian-American community in Chicago to dedicate a monument in the city, with the support of the Lithuanian government, in honor of World War II-era commander Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas.
At a time of surging antisemitism and increasing denial and obfuscation of the facts of the Holocaust, it is disturbing that the Lithuanian diaspor . . .
The World Jewish Congress regrets the decision of the Lithuanian-American community in Chicago to dedicate a monument in the city, with the support of the Lithuanian government, in honor of World War II-era commander Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas.
At a time of surging antisemitism and increasing denial and obfuscation of the facts of the Holocaust, it is disturbing that the Lithuanian diaspor . . .