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Lithuania monument for 'Nazi collaborator' prompts diplomatic row
Source: BBC
Lithuania monument for 'Nazi collaborator' prompts diplomatic row
By Paul Kirby
BBC News
7 May 2019
A monument to a Lithuanian hero in the US city of Chicago has prompted a row over World War Two after criticism from Russia and the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas commanded Lithuania's resistance to Soviet occupation after World War Two.
But the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which researches the Holocaust, says he also led a vigilante gang that persecuted Jews after the 1941 Nazi invasion.
Lithuania has accused Russia of making false statements.
The foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had summoned the Russian embassy representative in Vilnius in protest and called on Moscow to stop spreading disinformation about Ramanauskas's "impeccable reputation".
It has also accused the Simon Wiesenthal Center of making false accusations.
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By Paul Kirby
BBC News
7 May 2019
A monument to a Lithuanian hero in the US city of Chicago has prompted a row over World War Two after criticism from Russia and the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas commanded Lithuania's resistance to Soviet occupation after World War Two.
But the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which researches the Holocaust, says he also led a vigilante gang that persecuted Jews after the 1941 Nazi invasion.
Lithuania has accused Russia of making false statements.
The foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had summoned the Russian embassy representative in Vilnius in protest and called on Moscow to stop spreading disinformation about Ramanauskas's "impeccable reputation".
It has also accused the Simon Wiesenthal Center of making false accusations.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48186346
