On September 23 Lithuanian defense minister Juozas Olekas and commander of Lithuanian ground forces brigadier general Valdemaras Rupšys participated at a ceremony to honor the victims of the Lithuanian genocide of Jews at the Ponar Memorial Complex. They placed a wreath at a monument there in the name of the ministry and the military.

Also participating at the ceremony were Lithuanian Independence Act signatory and chairman of the Lithuanian Supreme Soviet/Constituent Parliament Vytautas Landsbergis, members of parliament, other representatives from national defense and soldiers in the Lithuanian military’s honor guard.

Information courtesy the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense.