HOLOCAUST VICTIMS COMMEMORATED IN AUKŠTIEJI PANERIAI MEMORIAL
Created 2011-09-23
On 23 September Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė participated in a ceremony in tribute to the Holocaust victims in Vilnius Aukštieji Paneriai memorial.
The ceremony was also attended by Speaker of Lithuanian Seimas Irena Degutienė, Minister of Culture Arūnas Gelūnas, Industry, Trade and Labour Minister of Israel Shalom Simhon, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of Lithuanian Seimas, Chairman of the International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania Emanuelis Zingeris, Mayor of Vilnius Artūras Zuokas, representatives of the Lithuanian Jewish Community, Chief Rabbi of Lithuania and Vilnius Chaim Burstein, Franciscan brother priest Julius Sasnauskas, foreign ambassadors and Vilnius schoolchildren.Lithuanian Seimas declared 2011 as the Year of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust in Lithuania and the Government of Lithuania adopted a comprehensive programme of the commemorative events and projects dedicated to the perpetuation of remembrance and education.
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