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[[File:Gothic Orthodox Church of the Resurrection in Vilnius.JPG|thumb|right|Remainder of the Gothic Orthodox Church of the Resurrection in [[Vilnius]] (build in 16th century) is currently used by the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania]]

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The '''Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania''' ({{lang-lt|Lietuvos gyventojų genocido ir rezistencijos tyrimo centras}} or ''LGGRTC'') is a state-funded research institute in [[Lithuania]] dedicated to "the study of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Lithuania; the study of the persecution of local residents by occupying regimes; the study of armed and unarmed resistance to occupying regimes; the initiation of the legal evaluation of the activities of the organisers and implementers of genocide; and the commemoration of freedom fighters and genocide victims." The centre was founded on 25 October 1992 by the [[Supreme Council of the Lithuanian Republic]] as the "State Genocide Research Centre of Lithuania".<ref name=hist>[http://www.genocid.lt/centras/en/# AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF THE GENOCIDE AND RESISTANCE RESEARCH CENTRE OF LITHUANIA] (retrieved March 4, 2013)</ref><ref name=belonging>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8QpeAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT108&lpg=PT108& Modernity in Crisis: A Dialogue on the Culture of Belonging]</ref> It is a member organisation of the [[Platform of European Memory and Conscience]].<ref name="Platform">{{cite web|url=http://www.memoryandconscience.eu/2011/10/20/czech-prime-minister-petr-necas-the-years-of-totalitarianism-were-years-of-struggle-for-liberty/|title= Czech Prime minister Petr Nečas: The years of totalitarianism were years of struggle for liberty|last=|first=|date=14 October 2011|publisher=[[Platform of European Memory and Conscience]]|accessdate=14 October 2011}}</ref>
[[File:LGGRTC by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg|thumb|The building of the research centre in Vilnius]]

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The '''Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania''' ({{lang-lt|Lietuvos gyventojų genocido ir rezistencijos tyrimo centras}} or ''LGGRTC'') is a state-funded research institute in [[Lithuania]] dedicated to "the study of genocide, [[crimes against humanity]], and war crimes in Lithuania; the study of the persecution of local residents by occupying regimes; the study of armed and unarmed resistance to occupying regimes; the initiation of the legal evaluation of the activities of the organisers and implementers of genocide; and the commemoration of freedom fighters and genocide victims." The centre was founded on 25 October 1992 by the [[Supreme Council of the Lithuanian Republic]] as the "State Genocide Research Centre of Lithuania".<ref name=hist>[http://www.genocid.lt/centras/en/# AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF THE GENOCIDE AND RESISTANCE RESEARCH CENTRE OF LITHUANIA] (retrieved March 4, 2013)</ref><ref name=belonging>[https://books.google.com/books?id=8QpeAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT108&lpg=PT108& Modernity in Crisis: A Dialogue on the Culture of Belonging]</ref> It is a member organisation of the [[Platform of European Memory and Conscience]].<ref name="Platform">{{cite web|url=http://www.memoryandconscience.eu/2011/10/20/czech-prime-minister-petr-necas-the-years-of-totalitarianism-were-years-of-struggle-for-liberty/|title=Czech Prime minister Petr Nečas: The years of totalitarianism were years of struggle for liberty|date=14 October 2011|publisher=[[Platform of European Memory and Conscience]]|access-date=14 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330062517/http://www.memoryandconscience.eu/2011/10/20/czech-prime-minister-petr-necas-the-years-of-totalitarianism-were-years-of-struggle-for-liberty/|archive-date=30 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Ideology==
==Ideology==
The Center considers the resistance to be the Lithuanian nationalist partisans during World War II who fought communist partisans. This includes fascist groups such as the [[Lithuanian Activist Front]]. One anti-Soviet partisan controversially honored by the center is [[Jonas Noreika]], who led the extermination of the Jews in the city of [[Plungė]].<ref name=slate>[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2015/07/lithuania_and_nazis_the_country_wants_to_forget_its_collaborationist_past.html Slate: Double Genocide - Lithuania wants to erase its ugly history of Nazi collaboration—by accusing Jewish partisans who fought the Germans of war crimes.]</ref><ref>[http://vilnews.com/2015-11-20832 Doing business in Lithuania]</ref> However these mentioned sources concerning Jonas Noreika are not reliable. The Centre recommends former members of resistance for larger state pensions and other awards.<ref name=pension/>
The Center considers the resistance to be the Lithuanian nationalist partisans during World War II who fought communist partisans. This includes groups such as the [[Lithuanian Activist Front]]. One anti-Soviet partisan controversially honored by the center is [[Jonas Noreika]], who led the extermination of the Jews in the city of [[Plungė]].<ref name=slate>[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2015/07/lithuania_and_nazis_the_country_wants_to_forget_its_collaborationist_past.html Slate: Double Genocide - Lithuania wants to erase its ugly history of Nazi collaboration—by accusing Jewish partisans who fought the Germans of war crimes.]</ref><ref>[http://vilnews.com/2015-11-20832 Doing business in Lithuania]</ref> The Centre recommends former members of resistance for larger state pensions and other awards.<ref name=pension/>


The Center is a strong advocate of the "Lithuanian genocide thesis" and sees itself as a "guardian" of Lithuanian memory.<ref>Pettai, Eva-Clarita. "Negotiating history for reconciliation: a comparative evaluation of the Baltic presidential commissions." Europe-Asia Studies 67.7 (2015): 1079-1101.</ref> The Center uses a broadened definition of "genocide" including the targeting of social, political, and economic groups by Stalin.<ref name=slate/> The center declares an equivalence between Nazi and Soviet crimes, this "[[Holocaust uniqueness debate|double genocide]]" formulation is common in Eastern Europe, particularly the Baltic States.<ref name=belonging/><ref name=slate/> However, in practice the Nazi genocide of the Jews and [[Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II#Lithuania|Lithuanian collaboration]] is minimized, while the "genocide" of Lithuanians by Soviet partisans is described extensively. One plaque at the Genocide Center says that these partisans were “mostly of Jewish nationality [since] native people didn’t support Soviet partisans.” <ref name=slate/>
The Center is a strong advocate of the "Lithuanian genocide thesis" and sees itself as a "guardian" of Lithuanian memory.<ref>Pettai, Eva-Clarita. "Negotiating history for reconciliation: a comparative evaluation of the Baltic presidential commissions." Europe-Asia Studies 67.7 (2015): 1079-1101.</ref> The Center uses a broadened definition of "genocide" including the targeting of social, political, and economic groups by Stalin.<ref name=slate/> The Center declares an equivalence between Nazi and Soviet crimes: this "[[double genocide]]" formulation is common in central and eastern Europe, and particularly in the Baltic states.<ref name=belonging/> <ref name=slate/> However, in practice the Nazi genocide of the Jews and [[Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy#Lithuania|Lithuanian collaboration]] in it are minimized, while the "genocide" of Lithuanians by Soviet partisans is described extensively. One plaque standing by a relocated memorial to Soviet partisans says that these partisans were "mostly of Jewish nationality [since] native people didn't support Soviet partisans."<ref name=slate/>


==Activities==
==Activities==
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The centre publishes the journal ''Genocidas ir rezistencija''. One of its long-term research projects is a database and multi-volume publication of names and biographies of the victims of the Soviet and Nazi persecutions.<ref name=bns4/> In 2001–2001, the centre handled some 22,000 applications for compensation from the [[Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future"]].<ref name=bns3/>
The centre publishes the journal ''Genocidas ir rezistencija''. One of its long-term research projects is a database and multi-volume publication of names and biographies of the victims of the Soviet and Nazi persecutions.<ref name=bns4/> In 2001–2001, the centre handled some 22,000 applications for compensation from the [[Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future"]].<ref name=bns3/>


The centre operates the [[Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights]] in the former prison of [[KGB]] in [[Vilnius]] and memorial at the [[Tuskulėnai Manor]]. Prior to 2018 the museum was known as "the Museum of Genocide Victims" reflecting a broadened definition of the term "genocide" used by the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre,<ref name=slate/> even though only a few historians consider these events a genocide.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web |first=Rod |last=Norland |title=Where The Genocide Museum Is (Mostly) Mum on the Fate of Jews|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/world/europe/lithuania-genocide-museum-jews.html |publisher=The New York Times |date=March 30, 2018}}</ref> Only a small part of the museum space, a small room added in 2011 following international criticism, is devoted to the [[Holocaust in Lithuania]], the event that is universally considered a genocide. In 2018, the museum was renamed to the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights.<ref name=Andruk>{{cite web|first=Milena |last=Andrukaitytė |url=https://www.15min.lt/kultura/naujiena/naujienos/genocido-auku-muziejus-pervadintas-i-okupaciju-ir-laisves-kovu-muzieju-1104-959156 |title=Genocido aukų muziejus pervadintas į Okupacijų ir laisvės kovų muziejų |language=lt |date=19 April 2018 |publisher=15 min |accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref>
The centre operates the [[Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights]] in the former prison of [[KGB]] in [[Vilnius]] and memorial at the [[Tuskulėnai Manor]]. Prior to 2018 the museum was known as "the Museum of Genocide Victims" reflecting a broadened definition of the term "genocide" used by the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre,<ref name=slate/> even though only a few historians consider these events a genocide.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web |first=Rod |last=Norland |title=Where The Genocide Museum Is (Mostly) Mum on the Fate of Jews|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/30/world/europe/lithuania-genocide-museum-jews.html |work=The New York Times |date=March 30, 2018}}</ref> Only a small part of the museum space, a small room added in 2011 following international criticism, is devoted to the [[Holocaust in Lithuania]], the event that is universally considered a genocide. In 2018, the museum was renamed to the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights.<ref name=Andruk>{{cite web|first=Milena |last=Andrukaitytė |url=https://www.15min.lt/kultura/naujiena/naujienos/genocido-auku-muziejus-pervadintas-i-okupaciju-ir-laisves-kovu-muzieju-1104-959156 |title=Genocido aukų muziejus pervadintas į Okupacijų ir laisvės kovų muziejų |language=lt |date=19 April 2018 |publisher=15 min |access-date=28 April 2018}}</ref>


In 1999–2002, the centre was involved in legal proceedings regarding [[Nachman Dushanski]], an Israeli citizen.<ref name=bns/> In 2007 the head of the Genocide Center at the time, Arvydas Anusauskas, initiated a criminal investigation against Holocaust survivor [[Yitzhak Arad]] who headed The International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania.<ref name=slate/> The investigation, which derailed the work of the international commission whose members resigned in protest, was viewed internationally as a "contemptible farce",<ref name="HikmaMichlic">[https://books.google.com/books?id=hW8pDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA340&dq=arad+%22contemptible+farce%22 Bringing the Dark Past to Light: The Reception of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe], University of Nebraska Press, John-Paul Himka, Joanna Beata Michlic, pages 337-340</ref> an attempt to erase Lithuanian's history of collaboration with the Nazis,<ref name=slate/> and victim blaming,<ref name="economist">[http://www.economist.com/node/11958563 Prosecution and persecution, Economist, 2008]</ref> particularly due to the lack of prosecution of the many Lithuanian Nazi collaborators.<ref name=slate/><ref name="economist"/><ref name="HikmaMichlic"/>
In 1999–2002, the centre was involved in legal proceedings regarding [[Nachman Dushanski]], an Israeli citizen.<ref name=bns/> In 2007 the head of the Genocide Center at the time, Arvydas Anusauskas, initiated a criminal investigation against Holocaust survivor [[Yitzhak Arad]] who headed The International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania.<ref name=slate/> The investigation, which derailed the work of the international commission whose members resigned in protest, was viewed internationally as a "contemptible farce",<ref name="HikmaMichlic">[https://books.google.com/books?id=hW8pDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA340&dq=arad+%22contemptible+farce%22 Bringing the Dark Past to Light: The Reception of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe], University of Nebraska Press, John-Paul Himka, Joanna Beata Michlic, pages 337-340</ref> an attempt to erase Lithuanian's history of collaboration with the Nazis,<ref name=slate/> and [[victim blaming]],<ref name="economist">[http://www.economist.com/node/11958563 Prosecution and persecution, Economist, 2008]</ref> particularly due to the lack of prosecution of the many Lithuanian Nazi collaborators.<ref name=slate/><ref name="economist"/><ref name="HikmaMichlic"/>


==Directors==
==Directors==
The centre's director is nominated by the [[Prime Minister of Lithuania]] and confirmed by the [[Seimas]] (Lithuanian parliament).<ref name=bns5/>
The centre's director is nominated by the [[Prime Minister of Lithuania]] and confirmed by the [[Seimas]] (Lithuanian parliament).<ref name=bns5/>
On November 26, 1992, [[Juozas Starkauskas]] was approved by the Lithuanian government to be the acting head of the centre.<ref name=hist/>
On 26 November 1992 [[Juozas Starkauskas]] was approved by the Lithuanian government to be the acting head of the centre.<ref name=hist/>
On 17 February 1994 the Seimas appointed Vytautas Skuodis general director of the reorganized centre.<ref name=hist/>
On 17 February 1994 the Seimas appointed Vytautas Skuodis general director of the reorganized centre.<ref name=hist/>
On 18 February 1997 Dalia Kuodytė was appointed general director.<ref name=hist/>
On 18 February 1997 Dalia Kuodytė was appointed general director.<ref name=hist/>
In 2009, the Seimas confirmed [[Birutė Burauskaitė]], a dissident of long standing, as the Center's director.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gyventojų genocido ir rezistencijos tyrimų vadove paskirta B.Burauskaitė (1)|url=http://www.lrytas.lt/-12324549031232191542-gyventojų-genocido-ir-rezistencijos-tyrimų-vadove-paskirta-b-burauskaitė.htm|publisher=[[Lietuvos rytas]]|accessdate=2010-07-18|language=lt}}</ref>
In 2009, the Seimas confirmed [[Birutė Burauskaitė]], a dissident of long standing, as the Center's director.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gyventojų genocido ir rezistencijos tyrimų vadove paskirta B.Burauskaitė (1)|url=http://www.lrytas.lt/-12324549031232191542-gyventojų-genocido-ir-rezistencijos-tyrimų-vadove-paskirta-b-burauskaitė.htm|publisher=[[Lietuvos rytas]]|access-date=2010-07-18|language=lt}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=alan>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gbETypk3ljAC&pg=PA76 |title=International Labour Law Reports |volume=24 |first=Alan |last=Gladstone |pages=75–76 |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |year=2005 |isbn=90-04-14975-9}}</ref>
<ref name=alan>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gbETypk3ljAC&pg=PA76 |title=International Labour Law Reports |volume=24 |first=Alan |last=Gladstone |pages=75–76 |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |year=2005 |isbn=90-04-14975-9}}</ref>
<ref name=bns>{{cite web|url=http://www.delfi.lt/archive/article.php?id=570664 |author=[[Baltic News Service]] |publisher=[[Delfi.lt]] |date=2001-10-29 |title=Lietuva vėl prašo Izraelio išduoti kaltinamąjį sovietinio genocido vykdymu|language=lt}}</ref>
<ref name=bns>{{cite web|url=http://www.delfi.lt/archive/article.php?id=570664 |author=Baltic News Service |author-link=Baltic News Service |publisher=[[Delfi.lt]] |date=2001-10-29 |title=Lietuva vėl prašo Izraelio išduoti kaltinamąjį sovietinio genocido vykdymu|language=lt}}</ref>
<ref name=bns2>{{cite web|url=http://www.delfi.lt/archive/article.php?id=1000430 |author=[[Baltic News Service]] |publisher=[[Delfi.lt]] |date=2002-05-07 |title=Lietuvoje bus minima Pilietinio pasipriešinimo diena|language=lt}}</ref>
<ref name=bns2>{{cite web|url=http://www.delfi.lt/archive/article.php?id=1000430 |author=Baltic News Service |author-link=Baltic News Service |publisher=[[Delfi.lt]] |date=2002-05-07 |title=Lietuvoje bus minima Pilietinio pasipriešinimo diena|language=lt}}</ref>
<ref name=bns3>{{cite web| url=http://www.delfi.lt/archive/article.php?id=1333397 |author=[[Baltic News Service]] | publisher=[[Delfi.lt]] |date=2002-09-04 |title=Kompensacijos - dar vienai nacių aukų grupei|language=lt}}</ref>
<ref name=bns3>{{cite web| url=http://www.delfi.lt/archive/article.php?id=1333397 |author=Baltic News Service |author-link=Baltic News Service | publisher=[[Delfi.lt]] |date=2002-09-04 |title=Kompensacijos - dar vienai nacių aukų grupei|language=lt}}</ref>
<ref name=bns4>{{cite web| url=http://whatson.delfi.lt/archive/article.php?id=1918345 |title=Išleista sovietinio genocido aukų vardyno dalis | date=2003-02-13 |author=[[Baltic News Service]] | publisher=[[Delfi.lt]]|language=lt}}</ref>
<ref name=bns4>{{cite web| url=http://whatson.delfi.lt/archive/article.php?id=1918345 |title=Išleista sovietinio genocido aukų vardyno dalis | date=2003-02-13 |author=Baltic News Service |author-link=Baltic News Service | publisher=[[Delfi.lt]]|language=lt}}</ref>
<ref name=bns5>{{cite web| url=http://www.delfi.lt/archive/article.php?id=20004360 |title=Į genocido tyrimo centro direktores – B.Burauskaitė |date=2009-01-09 |author=[[Baltic News Service]] | publisher=[[Delfi.lt]]|language=lt}}</ref>
<ref name=bns5>{{cite web| url=http://www.delfi.lt/archive/article.php?id=20004360 |title=Į genocido tyrimo centro direktores – B.Burauskaitė |date=2009-01-09 |author=Baltic News Service |author-link=Baltic News Service | publisher=[[Delfi.lt]]|language=lt}}</ref>
<ref name=pension>{{cite web |url=http://www.delfi.lt/archive/article.php?id=35347 |title=Valstybinės pensijos paskirtos dar 24 rezistentams |date=2000-07-12 |author=[[Baltic News Service]] |publisher=[[Delfi.lt]]|language=lt}}</ref>
<ref name=pension>{{cite web |url=http://www.delfi.lt/archive/article.php?id=35347 |title=Valstybinės pensijos paskirtos dar 24 rezistentams |date=2000-07-12 |author=Baltic News Service |author-link=Baltic News Service |publisher=[[Delfi.lt]]|language=lt}}</ref>
}}
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* [http://www.genocid.lt/centras/en/ Official website]
* [http://defendinghistory.com/the-genocide-center Defending History- The Genocide and Research Center of Lithuania]
* [http://defendinghistory.com/the-genocide-center Defending History- The Genocide and Research Center of Lithuania]
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The building of the research centre in Vilnius

The Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos gyventojų genocido ir rezistencijos tyrimo centras or LGGRTC) is a state-funded research institute in Lithuania dedicated to "the study of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Lithuania; the study of the persecution of local residents by occupying regimes; the study of armed and unarmed resistance to occupying regimes; the initiation of the legal evaluation of the activities of the organisers and implementers of genocide; and the commemoration of freedom fighters and genocide victims." The centre was founded on 25 October 1992 by the Supreme Council of the Lithuanian Republic as the "State Genocide Research Centre of Lithuania".[1][2] It is a member organisation of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience.[3]

Ideology[edit]

The Center considers the resistance to be the Lithuanian nationalist partisans during World War II who fought communist partisans. This includes groups such as the Lithuanian Activist Front. One anti-Soviet partisan controversially honored by the center is Jonas Noreika, who led the extermination of the Jews in the city of Plungė.[4][5] The Centre recommends former members of resistance for larger state pensions and other awards.[6]

The Center is a strong advocate of the "Lithuanian genocide thesis" and sees itself as a "guardian" of Lithuanian memory.[7] The Center uses a broadened definition of "genocide" including the targeting of social, political, and economic groups by Stalin.[4] The Center declares an equivalence between Nazi and Soviet crimes: this "double genocide" formulation is common in central and eastern Europe, and particularly in the Baltic states.[2] [4] However, in practice the Nazi genocide of the Jews and Lithuanian collaboration in it are minimized, while the "genocide" of Lithuanians by Soviet partisans is described extensively. One plaque standing by a relocated memorial to Soviet partisans says that these partisans were "mostly of Jewish nationality [since] native people didn't support Soviet partisans."[4]

Activities[edit]

In 1998, Lithuania passed a law restricting employment in the public sector for former employees of the KGB, the MGB, and other Soviet security institutions. The centre and the State Security Department had the authority to determine whether a person was an employee of the KGB.[8] In 2002, commemorating the 30th anniversary of Romas Kalanta's self-immolation, Seimas listed May 14 as the Civil Resistance Day (Lithuanian: Pilietinio pasipriešinimo diena) based on recommendations by the centre.[9]

The centre publishes the journal Genocidas ir rezistencija. One of its long-term research projects is a database and multi-volume publication of names and biographies of the victims of the Soviet and Nazi persecutions.[10] In 2001–2001, the centre handled some 22,000 applications for compensation from the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future".[11]

The centre operates the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights in the former prison of KGB in Vilnius and memorial at the Tuskulėnai Manor. Prior to 2018 the museum was known as "the Museum of Genocide Victims" reflecting a broadened definition of the term "genocide" used by the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre,[4] even though only a few historians consider these events a genocide.[12] Only a small part of the museum space, a small room added in 2011 following international criticism, is devoted to the Holocaust in Lithuania, the event that is universally considered a genocide. In 2018, the museum was renamed to the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights.[13]

In 1999–2002, the centre was involved in legal proceedings regarding Nachman Dushanski, an Israeli citizen.[14] In 2007 the head of the Genocide Center at the time, Arvydas Anusauskas, initiated a criminal investigation against Holocaust survivor Yitzhak Arad who headed The International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania.[4] The investigation, which derailed the work of the international commission whose members resigned in protest, was viewed internationally as a "contemptible farce",[15] an attempt to erase Lithuanian's history of collaboration with the Nazis,[4] and victim blaming,[16] particularly due to the lack of prosecution of the many Lithuanian Nazi collaborators.[4][16][15]

Directors[edit]

The centre's director is nominated by the Prime Minister of Lithuania and confirmed by the Seimas (Lithuanian parliament).[17] On 26 November 1992 Juozas Starkauskas was approved by the Lithuanian government to be the acting head of the centre.[1] On 17 February 1994 the Seimas appointed Vytautas Skuodis general director of the reorganized centre.[1] On 18 February 1997 Dalia Kuodytė was appointed general director.[1] In 2009, the Seimas confirmed Birutė Burauskaitė, a dissident of long standing, as the Center's director.[18]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF THE GENOCIDE AND RESISTANCE RESEARCH CENTRE OF LITHUANIA (retrieved March 4, 2013)
  2. ^ a b Modernity in Crisis: A Dialogue on the Culture of Belonging
  3. ^ "Czech Prime minister Petr Nečas: The years of totalitarianism were years of struggle for liberty". Platform of European Memory and Conscience. 14 October 2011. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Slate: Double Genocide - Lithuania wants to erase its ugly history of Nazi collaboration—by accusing Jewish partisans who fought the Germans of war crimes.
  5. ^ Doing business in Lithuania
  6. ^ Baltic News Service (2000-07-12). "Valstybinės pensijos paskirtos dar 24 rezistentams" (in Lithuanian). Delfi.lt.
  7. ^ Pettai, Eva-Clarita. "Negotiating history for reconciliation: a comparative evaluation of the Baltic presidential commissions." Europe-Asia Studies 67.7 (2015): 1079-1101.
  8. ^ Gladstone, Alan (2005). International Labour Law Reports. Vol. 24. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 75–76. ISBN 90-04-14975-9.
  9. ^ Baltic News Service (2002-05-07). "Lietuvoje bus minima Pilietinio pasipriešinimo diena" (in Lithuanian). Delfi.lt.
  10. ^ Baltic News Service (2003-02-13). "Išleista sovietinio genocido aukų vardyno dalis" (in Lithuanian). Delfi.lt.
  11. ^ Baltic News Service (2002-09-04). "Kompensacijos - dar vienai nacių aukų grupei" (in Lithuanian). Delfi.lt.
  12. ^ Norland, Rod (March 30, 2018). "Where The Genocide Museum Is (Mostly) Mum on the Fate of Jews". The New York Times.
  13. ^ Andrukaitytė, Milena (19 April 2018). "Genocido aukų muziejus pervadintas į Okupacijų ir laisvės kovų muziejų" (in Lithuanian). 15 min. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  14. ^ Baltic News Service (2001-10-29). "Lietuva vėl prašo Izraelio išduoti kaltinamąjį sovietinio genocido vykdymu" (in Lithuanian). Delfi.lt.
  15. ^ a b Bringing the Dark Past to Light: The Reception of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe, University of Nebraska Press, John-Paul Himka, Joanna Beata Michlic, pages 337-340
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