DISINFO: Modern Lithuanian identity and history are based on anti-Semitism, anti-Sovietism and Russophobia
SUMMARY
Anti-Semitism, anti-Sovietism and Russophobia, in general, are the basis of modern Lithuanian identity. Lithuanians consider those who murdered Jews and collaborated with Nazis as national heroes. It is an official historical concept.
RESPONSE
Recurring disinformation narratives about anti-Semitism and Russophobia in the context of historical revisionism in Lithuania.
Holocaust is a painful page in Lithuanian history. It is recognised that “the Lithuanian Government attaches great importance to Holocaust-related education, commemoration and research and makes regular efforts to improve these areas”. In Lithuania, the Memorial Museum of Holocaust in Lithuania and Vilna Ghetto will open soon. The Holocaust in Lithuania is a topic of the annual commemoration as well as scientific research.
See other cases related to an accusation of historical revisionism in Lithuania: Lithuanian foreign ministry tries to rewrite the history of World War II; Lithuanian authorities rewrite the history of their own country; Hungary, Lithuania and Poland distort their Holocaust past and claim only Germans were responsible.