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Lithuanian government party leader convicted of inciting hatred towards Jews

JL;DR SUMMARY Remigijus Zemaitaitis, leader of Lithuania's populist Nemuno Aura party, was convicted for inciting hatred against Jews and minimizing the Holocaust. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryHolocaustHate SpeechSocial MediaHolocaust DistortionLithuaniaRemigijus ZemaitaitisVilnius Regional Court

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Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
"Remigijus Zemaitaitis, leader of the Dawn of the Nemunas Nemuno Ausra, attends a press conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, Oct. 28, 2024."
Kaniukai, Kaunas County, Lithuania
"In other posts, emaitaitis also baselessly blamed Jews for the 1944 Nazi massacres in the Lithuanian villages of Piriupiai and Kaniukai."
Piriupiai, Varėna, Lithuania
"In other posts, emaitaitis also baselessly blamed Jews for the 1944 Nazi massacres in the Lithuanian villages of Piriupiai and Kaniukai."

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