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Lith Formin: Lithuanians Discovering Rich Jewish Legacy

VILNIUS, Oct 2, BNS–The people of Lithuania keep discovering more of the rich legacy of the Lithuanian Jews, Lithuanian foreign minister Linas Linkevičius said in New York Friday at a meeting with representatives of American Jewish organizations.

“The people of Lithuania keep discovering more of the rich Lithuanian Jewish heritage, understand the need to preserve it and take pride in the remarkable contributions Lithuanian Jews have made to world culture,” the foreign minister said in a press release Friday evening.

The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry reported the meeting at the Lithuanian consulate in New York discussed anti-Semitism, Iran policy, the Middle East peace process and news about preserving Litvak culture.

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Dita Shperling: Germans Did Not Distinguish Lithuanians from Jews

“During the first days of the war the Germans who came to Kaunas couldn’t tell the difference between Jews and Lithuanians, but Lithuanians helped them to do,” Kaunas ghetto prisoner Dita Shperling recalled, citing the words of the German soldiers themselves.

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Dita (Yehudit) Schperling and her husband Yuda Zupowitch

Dita Schperling tries to travel every summer to Vilnius from Israel where she lives. She agreed to discuss her experience in the ghetto with staff from the LJC webpage.

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