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Today in Forgotten Genocides:

Everyone knows that the Nazis exterminated the Jews of Lithuania. What far fewer people know is that local Lithuanian auxiliaries helped them out, leading to the highest Jewish death rate in the entire Holocaust.

slate.com/news-and-polit…
Many Lithuanians blamed Jews for the Soviet Union's takeover of Lithuania. Encouraged by Nazi propaganda, they turned on the Jewish neighbors with whom they had lived in peace for centuries. A horrifying reminder that peaceful harmonious societies can turn genocidal very quickly.
The Lithuanian government has invested time and energy into denying this Nazi collaboration:

tabletmag.com/jewish-news-an…

timesofisrael.com/lithuanian-rul…
Fun fact: This particular forgotten genocide was responsible for killing much of my extended family in Europe. I'd go visit the country of my ancestors...but there's not much left to visit.
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