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Wexler Oral History Project

A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.

Antisemitism in Lithuania and How to Teach Jewish History Today

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Deimante Varnaityte, Lithuanian masters student focusing on heritage and preservation of pre-war Jewish life in Lithuania, discusses lingering antisemitism in Lithuania and the importance of teaching the history of Lithuanian Jews beyond simply Holocaust history.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Deimantė Varnaitytė.

This excerpt is in English.

Deimantė Varnaitytė was born in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1992.