Learn about Lithuania’s efforts to advance education, remembrance, and research on the Holocaust and genocide of the Roma.
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Joined the IHRA
2002
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
27 January
National Holocaust Remembrance Day
23 September
See a list of Lithuania's delegation members
Arvydas Daunoravičius (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) – Head of Delegation
Rimantas Jokimaitis (Ministry of Science and Education) – Education Working Group
Faina Kukliansky (Lithuanian Jewish Community)
Dainius Babilas (Department of National Minorities under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania)
Aivaras Poška (Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History) –Museums and Memorials Working Group
Ronaldas Racinskas (International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania) – Education Working Group
Simonas Strelcovas (Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History) –Museums and Memorials Working Group
Andrius Šarmavičius (Ministry of Education and Sports) – Education Working Group
Stanislovas Stasiulis (Lithuanian Institute of History) – Academic Working Group
Ingrida Vilkiene (International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania) – Education Working Group
Lithuania has made teaching about the Holocaust obligatory in schools, and more than 130 Tolerance Education Centers have been set up in secondary schools. In addition, courses in Holocaust Studies are offered at five Lithuanian universities and 23 September is commemorated annually at the killing site at Paneriai. The Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania declared 2011 the ‘Year of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust’, and 2013 was declared the ‘Year of Remembrance for the Victims of the Vilnius Ghetto’. In 2010, the criminal code was amended with a new article, making it a criminal offence to condone, trivialize, or deny crimes of genocide or crimes against humanity.
Recent news
15 Apr 2024
Time to read: 5 min
Strengthening Holocaust Remembrance, Education and Research: Q&A with Head of the Grant Review committee Sir Andrew Burns
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance has been at the forefront of Holocaust education, remembrance and research efforts since its inception in 1998. Over the years, the IHRA Grant Program has emerged as a key component of the organization’s mission, providing support to initiatives worldwide.
13 Sep 2022
Time to read: 3 mins
How Holocaust sites can help societies navigate deafening silences
On their trip to Lithuania, the IHRA Safeguarding Sites team learned more about how sites deal with the silences and taboos surrounding difficult history matters and used this experience to inform their forthcoming heritage charter.
02 Sep 2021
Time to read: 2 mins
Project aims to raise awareness about the Holocaust in Lithuania
This year, the national project “The Road of Memory 1941-2021” will be organized from June to December, following the calendar of the destruction of Jewish communities in 36 individual towns and cities.
Resources in Lithuanian
Darbinė Holokausto neigimo ir iškraipymo apibrėžtis
2013 m. spalio 10 d. Toronte vykusiame Tarptautinio Holokausto aukų atminties aljanso plenariniame posėdyje 31 šio Aljanso šalis narė patvirtino „darbinę Holokausto neigimo ir iškraipymo apibrėžtį“.
Darbinė Antisemitizmo Apibrėžtis
2016 m. gegužės 26 d. plenarinėje sesijoje Bukarešte buvo nuspręsta: