It was if Jews had never existed. Ask a Jew if there still is anti-semitism and you get a wry look, arched eyebrows and a sigh of resignation. When asked why they stay, they either have elderly parents, work for the Jewish community, are too old to move or have no place to go. Many Jews have joined family in Israel or the United States. Linkuva is a dairy town in the region of Pakruojis the size of Peaks Island.
Plaques credit the deeds to Nazis and their local henchmen .
Until Independance, no mention was made of Jewish victims, they were simply generic victims of Fascism . The Nazis were pushed out by the Soviets, who occupied the town until 1991. The KGB martyred several school teachers, landowners and town administrators. The Soviets were as barbarous as the Nazis, just less methodical. Lithuania is still mourning its own victims of the Soviet era and is only beginning to acknowledge the fate of its Jews.