Valentinas Brandišauskas: Confiscation and Destruction of Jewish Property in Lithuania

Valentinas Brandišauskas: Confiscation and Destruction of Jewish Property in Lithuania

This article will first attempt to discuss what attitude towards Jewish property was held by the officials of the two main Lithuanian government institutions–the Lithuanian Provisional Government and the Vilnius City and District Citizens Committee–which existed in the first months of the German-Soviet war and by Catholic Church representatives. Second, using the example of one district, we will examine the fate of Jewish property in the Lithuanian countryside. Whether or not this model can be applied to other Lithuanian regions will be shown by further research.

Full article in Lithuanian here.

See also here.