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Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:57:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.26 Issues of the Day (Summer 2026) https://defendinghistory.com/defending-history-issues-and-projects-summer-of-2025/121515 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:00:06 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=121515 Transcript of the 12 May 2026 Seimas Debate on the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery at Piramont (Shnípishok, Šnipiškės) https://defendinghistory.com/transcript-of-the-12-may-2026-seimas-debate-on-the-old-vilna-jewish-cemetery-at-piramont-shnipishok-snipiskes/123789 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:42:29 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123789 A June 2026 Plea to Germany: Please Honor the Memory of the Vilna Jewish Partisans & Preserve their Rapidly Disappearing Fort in the Forest https://defendinghistory.com/a-june-2026-plea-to-germany-please-honor-the-memory-of-the-vilna-partisans-preserve-their-rapidly-disappearing-fort-in-the-forest/123750 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:20:58 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123750 Text of Rabbi Elchonon Baron’s Letter to the Chancellor of the Office of Lithuania’s President https://defendinghistory.com/123727-2/123727 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:13:57 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123727 Poster for the Macabre June 3rd Demo Planned by Ultranationalists at Vilnius’s Old Jewish Cemetery (Slated to become a National Conference Center) https://defendinghistory.com/poster-for-the-macabre-june-3rd-demo-planned-by-ultranationalists/123679 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:26:58 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123679 Please Email Lithuania’s Seimas Committee on Culture to Defend Vilnius’s Oldest Jewish Cemetery https://defendinghistory.com/please-email-lithuanias-seimas-committee-on-culture-to-defend-vilniuss-oldest-jewish-cemetery/123605 Sun, 31 May 2026 10:01:08 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123605 Updates on Effort to Save Vilnius’s Old Jewish Cemetery from Plans for a National Convention Center https://defendinghistory.com/updates-on-effort-to-save-vilniuss-old-jewish-cemetery-from-plans-for-a-national-convention-center/123570 Fri, 29 May 2026 12:12:59 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123570 Sadness and Shock, as Famed Opera Singer ‘Sings in Yiddish’ at Free Concert to Promote Vilnius ‘Convention Center in the Jewish Cemetery’ Project https://defendinghistory.com/sadness-and-shock-as-famed-opera-singer-sings-in-yiddish-at-free-concert-to-promote-vilnius-convention-center-in-the-jewish-cemetery-project/123506 Wed, 20 May 2026 22:45:40 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123506 Translation of Speech by MP & Former Vilnius Mayor Artūras Zuokas at Concert Supporting ‘Convention Center in Old Jewish Cemetery’ https://defendinghistory.com/translation-of-the-speech-by-former-vilnius-mayor-zuokas-at-the-concert-supporting-the-convention-center-in-the-old-jewish-cemetery/123495 Wed, 20 May 2026 21:20:55 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123495 Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky and DH Editor Dovid Katz at BNS Press Conference: Calling on Lithuania to Preserve Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery and Cancel ‘Convention Center in the Cemetery’ Project https://defendinghistory.com/rabbi-sholom-ber-krinsky-and-dh-editor-dovid-katz-at-bns-press-conference-call-on-lithuania-to-preserve-old-vilna-jewish-cemetery-and-cancel-convention-center-in-the-cemetery-project/123427 Fri, 15 May 2026 12:12:06 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123427 Defending History’s Rapid Response to Statement from the Seimas on Fate of Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery https://defendinghistory.com/defending-historys-rapid-response-to-statement-from-the-seimas-on-fate-of-old-vilna-jewish-cemetery/123415 Wed, 13 May 2026 17:18:41 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123415 Protected: Let Us Together Restore the Last Jewish Anti-Nazi Partisan Fort in Lithuania https://defendinghistory.com/german-parliamentarian-professor-gert-weisskirchen-speaks-out-on-german-armys-45th-panzer-brigade-in-lithuania/123402 Mon, 11 May 2026 13:44:49 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123402 New Documentary on Holocaust Perpetrator Glorification in Eastern Europe: ‘No Secret Monuments’ https://defendinghistory.com/roland-binets-reviews-new-documentary-no-secret-monuments/123375 Thu, 07 May 2026 21:29:07 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123375 April-May 2026 Updates in the Saga of the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery https://defendinghistory.com/april-may-2026-updates-in-the-saga-of-the-old-vilna-jewish-cemetery/123367 Fri, 01 May 2026 09:07:35 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123367 Finally, View that ‘a Cemetery is a Cemetery’ Makes it into Lithuanian Media as Debate Sharpens on Fate of Vilnius’s Old Jewish Cemetery https://defendinghistory.com/13-april-2025-draft-lithuanian-translation-of-rabbi-sholom-ber-krinskys-essay-on-the-old-vilna-jewish-cemetery/123106 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:32:20 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123106 Welcoming New Director of Lithuania’s State Jewish Museum https://defendinghistory.com/welcoming-new-director-to-lithuanias-state-jewish-museum/123235 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:21:47 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123235 The Stuff of Heroes: Takis Würger’s ‘Noah’ https://defendinghistory.com/the-stuff-of-heroes-takis-wurgers-noah/123211 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:19:24 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123211 Vilnius Journalist Arvydas Jockus (Alfa.lt) is First to Provide Lithuanian Readers with Both Sides of the Debate on Fate of Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery https://defendinghistory.com/vilnius-journalist-arvydas-jockus-alfa-lt-is-first-to-provide-lithuanian-readers-with-both-sides-of-the-argumene-on-fate-of-the-old-vilna-jewish-cemetery/123179 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:30:57 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123179 Back in the News: Remnants of Lithuania’s Last anti-Nazi Jewish Partisan Fort, Next Door to New German Army Brigade (Panzerbrigade 45) https://defendinghistory.com/back-in-the-news-remnants-of-lithuanias-last-anti-nazi-jewish-partisan-fort-right-next-door-to-new-german-army-nato-battallion/123048 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:57:17 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123048 Vilius Kavaliauskas Protests Plan for Museum in the Middle of Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery, Insisting on Congress Center https://defendinghistory.com/vilius-kavaliauskas-protests-plan-for-museum-in-the-middle-of-old-vilna-jewish-cemetery-insisting-on-congress-center/123148 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:19:10 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123148 President’s Office, Vilnius Municipality, and Ersatz Jewish Community Leader in Yet Another ‘Agreement’ to Effectively Destroy the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery https://defendinghistory.com/123133-2/123133 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:30:08 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123133 Rabbi Elchonon Baron: Yom HaShoah Letter on Planned Desecration of the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery by State Authorities https://defendinghistory.com/rabbi-elchonon-baron-yom-hashoah-letter-on-planned-desecration-of-the-old-vilna-jewish-cemetery-by-state-authorities/123136 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:44:48 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=123136 Blaming the Victims: Documents and Sources https://defendinghistory.com/blaming-the-victims-documents-and-sources/120225 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:39:08 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=120225 Text of Question and Answer in the German Parliament on Lithuania’s Last Remnants of Jewish Partisan Fort in the Forest (right next door to the new German Army Brigade) https://defendinghistory.com/text-of-question-and-answer-in-the-german-parliament-on-lithuanias-last-remnants-of-jewish-partisan-fort-in-the-forest-right-next-door-to-the-new-german-army-brigade/122962 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:17:05 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=122962 DH’s Social Media Response to Petition from 53 Elites Calling for ‘Convention Center in the Middle of the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery’ https://defendinghistory.com/dhs-social-media-response-to-petition-from-53-elites-calling-for-convention-center-in-the-middle-of-the-old-vilna-jewish-cemetery/122930 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:35:54 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=122930 53 Signatories of Lithuania’s Declaration of Independence Call on President and PM to Proceed with a National Conference Center Surrounded by Thousands of Jewish Graves https://defendinghistory.com/53-signatories-of-lithuanias-declaration-of-independence-call-on-president-and-pm-to-proceed-with-a-national-conference-center-surrounded-by-thousands-of-jewish-graves/122914 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:52:16 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=122914 Ruta Bloshtein Asks: ‘Dear Mr. Yatom (Yusem): Did This Defamatory Circular Really Come from You?’ https://defendinghistory.com/dear-mr-yatom-yusem-did-this-defamation-really-come-from-you/122855 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:39:41 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=122855 The Split Image of the Holocaust https://defendinghistory.com/the-split-image-of-the-holocaust/122872 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:09:45 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=122872 Professor Sid Leiman: ‘Superb Declaration by Vinius’s Devoted Rabbi, Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky’ https://defendinghistory.com/professor-sid-leiman-superb-declaration-by-viniuss-devoted-rabbi-rabbi-sholom-ber-krinsky/122810 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:04:51 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=122810 Rabbi Sholom Ber Krinsky Issues Powerful Statement on Fate of Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery on Occasion of Lithuania’s Independence Day https://defendinghistory.com/rabbi-sholom-ber-krinsky-issues-powerful-statement-on-fate-of-old-vilna-jewish-cemetery-on-occasion-of-lithuanias-independence-day/122778 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:50:12 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=122778 Paupys, Paupers, and Depauperates https://defendinghistory.com/paupys-paupers-and-depauperates/122639 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:26:50 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=122639 The Defending History Community’s Statement on Putin’s Barbaric War on Ukraine (and the Free World) https://defendinghistory.com/the-defending-history-communitys-statement-on-purins-barbaric-assault-on-ukraine-and-the-free-world/111012 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:01:24 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=111012 Happy 85th Birthday to Professor Joseph Parason (Josifas Parasonis) https://defendinghistory.com/122549-2/122549 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:08:01 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=122549 Books in the Debate (a DefendingHistory.com selection) https://defendinghistory.com/books-in-the-debate/101710 Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:01:34 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=101710 Meir Bulka: Let’s have Scientific Ground Radar to Document Extant Burials in Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery https://defendinghistory.com/meir-bulka-releases-to-the-media-his-18-sept-2025-letter-to-lithuanias-minister-of-culture-proposing-scientific-ground-radar-to-determine-extent-of-surviving-burials-in-old-vilna-jewish-cemetery/122450 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:09:05 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=122450 International Opposition to ‘New’ Proposals for Conference-Memorial Complex, with Seating Capacity for Thousands — in the Middle of the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery https://defendinghistory.com/international-opposition-to-museum-in-heart-of-old-vilna-jewish-cemetery/118689 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:41:12 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=118689 In Historic One-Minute Speech, Rabbi Elchonon Baron Shakes up Conclave of ‘Grave Robbers’ at Academy of Sciences in Central Vilnius https://defendinghistory.com/rabbi-elchonon-baron-confronts-grave-robbers-at-vilnius-national-sciences-academy-rally-for-convention-center-in-the-old-jewish-cemetery/122411 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:34:23 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=122411 Lithuanian Artist’s Cartoons Illustrate Two Possible Fates for Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery https://defendinghistory.com/two-visions-for-the-future-status-stature-symbolism-of-vilnius-vilna-vilne-wilno/103880 Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:58:51 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=103880 Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Offers Premises for 14 Jan. Rally Set on Permanent Desecration of the Old Vilna Jewish Cemetery https://defendinghistory.com/lithuanian-academy-of-sciences-offers-premises-for-ultranationalist-rally-set-on-permanent-desecration-of-the-old-vilna-jewish-cemetery/122370 Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:56:12 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=122370 A Smaller 2025 Vilnius Yivo Exhibit: Unmentionable by Conference Leaders, and NY’s ‘Forverts’? https://defendinghistory.com/a-2025-yivo-exhibit-unmentioned-unmentionable-by-todays-yivo-leaders-as-well-as-the-forverts/122236 Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:15:32 +0000 https://defendinghistory.com/?p=122236