Vilnius, Lithuania – Human Remains Halt Luxury Condos in Old Jewish Cemetery

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    Zenonas Baubonis, the head of the Lithuanian Archeological Society, which carried out the dig, said the bones cannot be treated as burials.

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    Vilnius, Lithuania – Controversial findings of human remains in the former Jewish neighborhood of Snipiskes in Vilnius, Lithuania, have prevented development of high-end apartments.

    The plans for the condos are on the former site of a 400 year old Jewish cemetery.

    During the Soviet era, the cemetery was ‘removed’ after already closed by a Russian czar. The Jewish community received some monetary compensation at the closing.

    The current act to build on the desecrated site is being condemned globally.

    At the heart of the controversy is the definition of ‘burial’; measurements of the depth of the remains are in doubt as Israeli specialists claim the remains are found at 1.5 meters and Lithuanian researchers say they are found at 20 centimeters.


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    Asa Yitzchak
    Asa Yitzchak
    15 years ago

    This is an outrage!

    r' yid
    r' yid
    15 years ago

    this is crazy

    r u serious
    r u serious
    15 years ago

    This is lithuania !

    moses
    moses
    15 years ago

    does anyone expect any less from lithuanians?

    Fortune
    Fortune
    15 years ago

    Why is anyone so surprised………Goyish thinking to do such a thing, without respect for the dead.

    If it were a Gentile Cemetery, they would do the same..dig for a luxury aptmnt complex.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    The bones cannot be treated as burials.

    What are they, garbage?

    What do bones have to do to be treated as burials?