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Silvia Foti

Silvia Foti

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

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Lithuania and Holocaust Justice Failure

Comparing Europe’s Prosecution of Perpetrators — and Lithuania’s Low Ranking When people ask me where to place Lithuania on the European map of...

yesterday 20

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silvia Foti

The Record Lithuania Cannot Escape

Archival evidence shows the Holocaust in Lithuania was not only imposed by Nazis but also enabled and administered by local institutions and actors. I...

21.04.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silvia Foti

The Story I Was Told Was a Lie

Uncovering my grandfather’s role shattered my family’s past—and Lithuania’s national myth I grew up in a Lithuanian household in Chicago where...

15.04.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silvia Foti

When Rescuer Becomes a Distortion

How selective memory transforms perpetrators into “rescuers” I recently wrote about the irony of March 15—Lithuania’s Day of the Rescuers of...

06.04.2026 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silvia Foti

I Told the Truth—Lithuania Didn’t Care

After exposing my grandfather’s role in the Holocaust, I watched a nation double down on denial—and turn against those who speak out. I spent...

31.03.2026 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silvia Foti

Exception of 1 in 2,500 Becomes National Irony

March 15–Day of Rescuers of Lithuanian Jews While Lithuania highlights 924 recognized rescuers, the deeper truth—illustrated even in the record of...

11.03.2026 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silvia Foti

Why Thanksgiving Requires Supporting Israel

27.11.2025 30

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Silvia Foti