The Lithuanian organized Jewish community minimized the concerns of opponents of the plan, calling it the “best way to honor the memory of the dead.''

British tabloid quotes Joseph Zissels as saying that the extent of Ukrainian collaboration in the Holocaust has been exaggerated for political ends.

World Jewish Congress (WJC) Chief Executive Officer Robert Singer and Ukrainian WJC Vice Presidents Andrey Adamovsky and Boris Fuchsmann on Wednesday met with Patriarch Filaret, the head of the Ukraine Orthodox Church – Kiev Patriarchate, the leading Orthodox Christian denomination in Ukraine.

The government plan to develop the complex in the middle of the ancient Snipiskes Cemetery in Vilnius has aroused spirited opposition.

Wiesenthal Center’s Zuroff: It’s a case of cover-up in the desecration of the ancient facility.

Udo Voigt, the former leader of the Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands (NPD), has praised Adolf Hitler, was convicted for glorifying the Waffen SS, and infamously claimed “no more than 340,000 Jews” had died in the Holocaust.

The co-founder of the French extreme-right National Front party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, was excluded from this party following a disciplinary hearing for belittling the Holocaust and insulting party leaders.

Both the World Jewish Restitution Organization and an Israeli umbrella organization for survivors groups panned Polish efforts to deal with restitution.

The Labour party will investigate after dozens of anti-Semitic messages were sent to non-Jewish MPs who have criticised party leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn, The Jewish Chronicle reported.

Hundreds of policemen were deployed Thursday in Paris to protect a beach event honoring the city of Tel Aviv on the banks of the Seine River.