History wars

  • 2012-02-02
  • By Kestutis Girnius
The history wars are heating up once again. Several weeks ago the French Senate passed a law, making the denial of the genocide against the Armenians a criminal offense. An enraged Turkey roundly condemned the French decision and threatened to take appropriate countermeasures.In Lithuania a new dispute has flared concering the classification and comparison of Soviet and Nazi crimes. A group of Socialdemocrat politicians asserted that the Holocaust is demeaned by claims that it is equivalent, similar or equal to the crimes committed by the Soviet regime. The Lithuanian Foreign Minist...
 
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