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Photo 2V. Rakutis is condemned by historical truth. Photo of Elta
The conservatives parted ways, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, the largest of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic faction Union of the Motherland of the Seimas, immediately rushed to emphasize that the text of the parliamentarian V. Rakutis – “International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Do we already know the cause of the tragedy?
The article by V. Rakutis, who belongs to the conservative faction, was distributed to the public in January
27th International Holocaust Remembrance Day In it, the historian considered whether more attention should be paid to questions about what ideas led some Jews to cooperate with the Soviet government, to occupy important positions in the repressive Soviet structures. V. Rakutis also claimed that there were Jews who collaborated with the Nazi regime.
“But what about those helpers? Who are the people who adopt terrible ideas? Is it the leaders of the Lithuanian nation, like the first volunteer Kazys Škirpa or General Vėtra? Or maybe Antanas Smetona? Despite the great uproar of recent years, there was no way to prove that they organized the Holocaust. No, it is quite different people, often uneducated, who tend to feel important after receiving a rifle in their hands, sometimes severely affected since 1941. Soviet repression, sometimes blindly following orders. They are similar to stripes – wrote V. Rakutis. – Let’s get to know them, let’s understand why they did it. After all, there was no shortage of Holocaust perpetrators among the Jews themselves, especially in the ghetto’s self-government structures.
We need to name these people out loud and try to prevent people like them from happening again. But also to answer the question of what were the opinions of the Jews themselves, what ideas led some Jews to cooperate with the Soviet authorities, to occupy important positions in the repressive Soviet structures. Sometimes understanding causes allows understanding consequences, but does not justify actions. “
For these comments, the author was condemned by the representatives of the Lithuanian Jewish community, the ambassadors of Israel and the United States, and the leadership of his colleagues and the Conservative Party.
All the intellectuals, tapas, etc., reacted extremely harshly to the historian’s deliberations, not only vigilantly protecting the public space from those who still do not know what and how they should speak, but also better than all those who understand what is and should be true . Yesterday, members of the Seimas Social Democratic Party faction called on the Seimas leadership to remove the conservative V. Rakutis from the position of president of Freedom Fights and the State Historical Memory Commission. It turns out that in our country, a professional historian no longer has the right to invite colleagues and the public to seek to understand (not blame and not judge) the motives of the people of the past and the root causes of the processes. that have taken place.
“5 points on Rakutis, Tapinas and the Holocaust”
The political scientist placed extremely precise accents on the boiled swamp and the attack on the historian Vytautas SINICA.
1) On the Holocaust Victims’ Remembrance Day, historian Professor Valdas Rakutis wrote a high-level article, both in terms of topic and civic, not only reflecting on the problem of Holocaust remembrance in Lithuania, but also inviting understand its causes. . And it started.
2) The ideological conscience of Lithuania – Andrius Tapinas – wrote an article of horror-condemnation of Rakutis, because in such a day, in short, it is necessary not to think and not go into nuances, but simply to repent. The mention of the fact that Jews themselves participated in the Holocaust (Jews were a well-known fact) and that Lithuanians were greatly helped by the experience of some Jews collaborating with the USSR (mentioned by almost all contemporaries)
3) The Rakutis parties have already started public apologies and denials, although, objectively speaking, there is absolutely nothing in the Rakutis text that an honest historian (or simply a citizen) should renounce. I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if the pressure on the professor to be removed is removed and sanctions considered. Characters like Haroldas Mackevičius or Paulius Gritėnas are already offering it in public. Gabrielius Landsbergis proclaims repentance and calls Rakutis inadequate. And Zinger is even retiring from the Seimas Historical Memory Commission (where he otherwise spread theories of intrigue and conspiracy against supporters of Vanaga, Daumantas, and others, so not a loss).
4) V. Rakutis, although in a liberalized party, is one of the most honest and solid historians of the war and resistance in Lithuania. It has few specialists in this field, not to mention the members of the Seimas.
5) When speeches like V. Rakutis’s turn into supposed Holocaust denial or even anti-Semitism, you realize that these words have lost all meaning and value. And that in itself is a loss for the truth-seeking society.
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