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Holocaust and Antisemitism Foundation Aotearoa New Zealand
Lithuania's Hidden Holocaust
The Zoom interview of Dr Efraim Zuroff on his latest book, Our People: Discovering Lithuania’s Hidden Holocaust, co-authored by Rūta Vanagaitė. The interview addresses the problem of Holocaust distortion and the double genocide theory i.e. the equivalency between Nazi and Communist crimes.
Guest Post: A controversial “legacy”
At 17, Huber volunteered for the Waffen-SS, and served as a machine-gunner, earning two Iron Cross medals on the eastern front. After the war, he was held as a PoW for 16 months. Despite this, Huber has been the subject of several laudatory media stories, including a controversial TVNZ programme in 2017, which was heavily criticised for glossing over and minimising his Nazi past.