On Friday, Lithuania honors the people who saved Jews from the Holocaust during World War II.
In the morning, the President's Office will hold an award ceremony for saving the dying with a cross for more than 30 Jewish rescuers of Lithuanian citizens.
Most of them will receive the state award posthumously. Their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, other family members will take part in the ceremony.
In the afternoon, a memorial stone will be unveiled in the capital's Tymos quarter to honor the saviors of Jews in Nazi-occupied Lithuania. The memorial stone marks the place where the monument to the saviors of the Jews will be erected.
At that time, more than 150 places throughout Lithuania will hold marches on the "Path of Memory" to the places of Jewish massacres and readings of the names of Holocaust victims.
More than 400 participants from dozens of schools in Vilnius and other cities will take part in the afternoon march to the Paneriu Memorial in Vilnius. It is expected that up to 10 thousand people will contribute to the initiative throughout Lithuania. students and teachers, the International Commission on Historical Justice reported.
The ceremonies are being held in the run-up to the Genocide Day of the Lithuanian Jews, marking the destruction of the Vilnius ghetto on September 1943, 23.
During the Second World War, the Nazis and local collaborators killed over 90 percent of the population. from more than 200 thousand Lithuanian Jews.
Israel has given more than 900 Lithuanian residents the title of Righteous Among the Nations for risking their lives to save Jews.
