The search for historical truth is the
main goal of the International Commission
established in 1998 by the President of the
Republic of Lithuania.
It provides answers to sensitive questions
and overcomes moral and psychological barriers
that still arise on the road to a democratic
and developed society.
On the 27-th April the seminar „The history of occupations in Lithuania. The ways of introducing this topic at school“ took place. The seminar‘s target audience were History teachers from various districts of Lithuania. Before the beginning of the seminar in Panevezys district Krekenava Mykolas Antanaitis Gymnasium a new TEC in Panevezys "Sauletekis" Progymnasium was established
On 15 – 20 April 2012 a group of teachers and educators attended the seminar in Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Poland. The seminar was organised on the basis of the international project „Memorial sites as a key for future education.” The project is funded by European Commission Programme the Europe for Citizens, Action 4.
In the last week of March, in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and the other countries the commemorations of the 1949 March deportations were held. In the end of March 1949 during the operation „Priboj“(„Wave fall“) soviet occupants deported from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 95 thousand people – mostly women and children.
The International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania
Address: Gedimino Ave. 11, LT-01103 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel.: +370 706 63804
Fax: +370 706 63805
E-mail: komisija@lrv.lt