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יום שלישי, 10 באפריל 2012

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חוקרים באוניברסיטת וילנה יחד עם חוקרים ממוזיאון הגאון בווילנה פרסמו מפה מקוונת כוללת ובה כל אתרי הרצח בליטא. המפה שהותוותה בתמיכת משרד ראש הממשלה הליטאי מציינת בין השאר את דרכי הגישה לבורות הרצח ואת מבצעי הרצח. עולה בבירור כדברי החוקרים כי רצח יהודי ליטא בוצע בשיתוף פעולה מלא של שכניהם הליטאים



מתוך 'אודות הפרוייקט'


In 2010 we initiated this project because we saw the need to collect, organize and present information about the mass murder of Jews in Lithuania in a single venue.  Previously, this information was either uncollected, divided between different publications and archives or remained unpublished. The Holocaust Atlas present information on a map with precise geographical coordinates and contain historical facts about each site along with citations to aid further research. It also includes information about monuments at massacre sites.
After having learned of the atlas, we hope that people will see that Jews were murdered in their own neighbourhood and not in a distant land. We hope and expect that this will serve to help open the door for discussion, cooperation, understanding and, most importantly, for comprehending what happened. After all, during the Holocaust, entirely innocent people were murdered. Citizens of Lithuania, neighbours, co-workers and even friends contributed to their deaths... Only by keeping the memory of the past alive, including the most horrible events, can we encourage tolerance, mutual understanding and respect, steering away from intolerance and xenophobia and helping to cultivate the values of freedom, tolerance, respect for the individual, human rights and cultural diversity. Our hope and desire is to preserve living historical memory and to make it more accessible and comprehensible.
Jews initially settled and spread throughout ethnic Lithuanian territory between the second half of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century.  After several centuries had passed, Jews had become inhabitants of almost every Lithuanian village (shtetl)—their culture, religion, traditions and Yiddish language had become part of Lithuanian daily life. Around 240,000 Jews lived in Lithuania between the two world wars. During World War II they lost about 94 percent of their population, depriving the country of many of its citizens. Currently, around 4,500 Jews live in Lithuania and the Litvak culture and Lithuanian Jews face extinction, their experience and their history is dying.
We believe that this project will make an important contribution toward revealing the development of the Holocaust in Lithuania. It will contribute to the objective elucidation and assessment of these events and provide a principled, Western understanding of what took place. This project is an important educational work by us, the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum.
Project workers
Milda Jakulytė-Vasil, project coordinator: Master of History and of Heritage Protection at Vilnius University, researcher of non christian communities in Lithuania
Sebastian Pammer, project assistant: 2010/11 Gedenkdiener at the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum
Lukas Dünser: 2009/10 Gedenkdiener at the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, currently studying History and Law at the University of Vienna
Adalbert Wagner: 2008/09 Gedenkdiener at the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, currently studying History and Biology at the University of Vienna, chairman of Verein GEDENKDIENST

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