Lithuanian families who hid Jews during the Nazi occupation were honoured on September 24 as Righteous Among the Nations in Lithuania's second-largest city of Kaunas at a conference dedicated to Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust during World War Two.
The awards were bestowed on four families and eight individuals and were presented to their grandchildren.
Speaking at the event, Israeli Ambassador to Lithuania Yossef Levy said those people were "sparking lights" in the darkness when the Nazi...
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