Silvia Foti is currently available for media interviews. Please send us an email at lotusink@att.net Here is a FINAL Press Kit- The Nazi’s Granddaughter. See below for the latest updates in the press.
August 10, 2022
“The Nazi’s Granddaughter:
How I Discovered My Grandfather Was A War
Criminal” is a story of one family’s
secret and one country’s shame.
June 13, 2022
The journalist who revealed that her grandfather,
a national hero in Lithuania,
collaborated with the Nazis -
working to end his commemoration
Israel Hayom (Israel Today) by Eldad Beck
May 12, 2022
Podcast Contraelite with Jorge Mercano
April 20, 2022
Podcast Morning Glory Project with Betsy Fasbinder
March 21, 2022
INSIDE SCOOP, Virginia
NARA.lt, January 26, 2022
Silvia Foti: 'People Say I am Hurting Lithuania.
In My Heart, I am Helping'
Podcast by Karolis Vysniauskas
LRT News in English, December 1, 2021
Silvia Foti. What it really meant to be
an honorary prisoner in Nazi camp
LRT News in English, November 6, 2021
Granddaughter of Lithuanian Nazi collaborator:
‘I love his soul but not his sins’
Jewish Independent, October 12, 2021
Correcting historical record
Harvard Gazette. October 7, 2021
My grandfather, a national hero in Lithuania–and a war criminal
Der Spiegel, September 18, 2021
Was Lithuania’s National Hero a Mass Murderer?
Wall Street Journal, August 25, 2021
My Grandfather’s Crimes Against Humanity
A family memoir gets surprising reactions from
Lithuanians, Russians and Jews.
Voice of America, May 28, 2021 (Russian)
Jonas Noreika: Lithuanian Hero or War Criminal?
Йонас Норейка: литовский герой или военный преступник?
WWII Today Magazine, May 2021
BBC HARDtalk with David Sachur, April 15-18, 2021; also June 30-July 1, 2021
When Truth Trumps Family Loyalty: 23 minutes
Chicago Tribune, April 8, 2021
Op-ed: My grandfather’s role in the Nazi occupation is forcing
a reckoning in Lithuania
NBCNews.com April 4, 2021
How a Chicago teacher sparked a ‘memory war,’ forcing
Lithuania to confront its Nazi past
New York Times Opinion January 27, 2021
No More Lies. My Grandfather Was A Nazi.
New York Times front page story on September 11, 2018
Nazi Collaborator or National Hero? A Test for Lithuania
Salon.com July 14, 2018
My grandfather wasn’t a Nazi-fighting war hero — he was a brutal collaborator
Chicago Tribune, Front Page, January 14, 2019
She thought her grandfather was a Lithuanian hero. Research leads her to ask, was he a patriot or a Nazi?
The Lithuanian Tribune, April 27, 2021
V. Sinica. Lithuania doesn`t glorify Nazis and Noreika wasn`t one (a response to Silvia Foti) - the Lithuania Tribune
AISH.com, May 1, 2021
My Nazi Grandfather Was No Hero
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, February 15, 2021
Oral history interview with Silvia Foti
Oral History | Accession Number: 2021.28.1 |
RG Number: RG-50.030.1103
ICAN, October 21, 2020
Holocaust Archive Protected by U.S. Federal Government: ICAN Press Release US Holocaust Museum
EU Today, May 20, 2020
Beverly Hills City Council slams Lithuania’s Holocaust revision act
Israeli TV, Channel 12, December 24, 2019 (5 minute video)
Reporting by Sivan Rahav Meir
France24.com, August 19, 2019
Les fantômes des collaborateurs des nazis hantent les rues de Vilnius
Politico.eu, August 12, 2019
Plaque by plaque Lithuania confronts its wartime past
Simon Wiesenthal press release, July 29, 2019
Wiesenthal Center Welcomes Removal by Vilnius Municipality of Plaque Honoring Lithuanian Nazi Collaborator Jonas Noreika
Simon Wiesenthal press release
Jewish News, July 29, 2019
Vilnius mayor orders removal of plaque honoring alleged war criminal
Lithuania Tribune, May 21, 2019 (translation of article from Lithuanian originally printed on August 14, 2018 in Delfi
General Storm: what is the worth of the Pakalniškis attestation about Noreika?
BBC News, May 8, 2019
Lithuania monument for ‘Nazi collaborator’ prompts diplomatic row
LRT (Lithuanian Radio and Television) News in English, May 2, 2019
Jewish students to protest against Jonas Noreika in front of Lithuanian consulate in New York
Simon Wiesenthal Center, Chicago, press release, May 2, 2019
The Simon Wiesenthal Center Urges Lithuanian Community: “Don’t Build Monument to Honor Nazi Collaborator”
Simon-Wiesenthal-Center-5.2.19 press release
Elle Italia Weekly, May 5, 2019
Mio Nonno e Hitler
Elle article
Jerusalem Post, April 25, 2019
Petition: remove honors for Lithuanian Nazi collaborator
LRT (Lithuanian Radio and Television), April 16, 2019
National hero and Nazi collaborator: WW2 leader divides opinion
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, April 11, 2019
Statement on Center for the Study of the Genocide and Resistance of Lithuania 11.04.2019
The Secretariat of the International Commission for the Evaluation of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania, April 11, 2019
A Response to The Statement of The Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania of 27 March 2019, “On The Accusations Against Jonas Noreika (General Vėtra)”
American Jewish Committee, April 9, 2019
AJC Criticizes Legal Effort in Lithuania to Distort Holocaust
The Times of Israel, April 8, 2019
Aspiring Lithuanian politician smashes plaque honoring Nazi collaborator
South African Jewish Report, April 5, 2019
Fight not over for Lithuania activist Grant Gochin
Neue Zurcher Zeitung, April 5, 2019
Nazi-Kollaborateur und Nationalheld Ein Nachfahre von Holocaust-Opfern zieht wegen Litauens einseitiger Erinnerungspolitik vor Gericht. Dabei unterstützt ihn die Enkelin eines Täters.
Lithuanian Jewish Community, April 3, 2019
Association of Lithuanian Jews in Israel Responds to Noreika Case Dismissal
European Jewish Congress, April 2, 2019
Genocide Research Institute in Lithuania publishes statement trivialising the Holocaust
Lithuanian Jewish Community, March 28, 2019
Who Sanctioned Institutional Anti-Semitism in Lithuania?
Simon Wiesenthal Center Israel Office Press Release, March 27, 2019
Wiesenthal Center Denounces Outrageous Decision of Vilnius Court Which Exonerates Lithuanian Key Accomplice in Mass Murder Of Jews In Holocaust
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, March 27, 2019
Lithuanian court rejects lawsuit against state honors for Nazi collaborator
Defending History, March 26, 2019
Court will Read Out Noreika Verdict Wednesday 27th at 1 PM in Historic Holocaust History Trial
Wikipedia – Main Page, March 20, 2019
Did You Know? Jonas Noreika…
South African Jewish Report, March 14, 2019
Lithuania: Jewish History on Trial
Defending History, March 8, 2019
The Strange Holocaust Trial in the Lithuanian Capital
BBC World Outlook, February 14, 2019
The Truth About My ‘Hero’ Grandfather (23 minutes)
Tachles, February 8, 2019 (German)
“General Storm” steht von Gericht: In Litauen verklagt ein Nachfahre von Holocaust-Opfern das staatliche Genozidun Widerstandszentrum wegen der Glorifizierung eins NS-Kollaborateurs
“General Storm” stands trial: In Lithuania, a descendant of Holocaust victims is suing the state Genocide resistance center because of the glorification of a Nazi collaborator
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Haaretz, February 2, 2019
The Woman Accusing Her Lithuanian ‘Hero’ Grandfather of Mass Murder in the Holocaust
Australian Jewish News, January 25, 2019
“Whitewashing the Shoah: A granddaughter’s horrific discovery has prompted an Australian historian and filmmaker who has researched the Holocaust in Lithuania once again to urge Lithuanian authorities to face up to their country’s complicity in the Shoah.”
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency, January 15, 2019
Lithuanian judge postpones trial over reputation of deceased Nazi collaborator
Times of Israel, January 8, 2019
War hero or Nazi collaborator? Family partners with victim’s kin to expose truth
Salon’s Question of the Day, January 3, 2019
Do Your Family Secrets Define You?
Chosen “Best of 2018 Life Stories” by Salon, December 30, 2018
My Grandfather Wasn’t a Nazi Fighting War Hero; He Was a Brutal Collaborator
Cultures of History, December 21, 2018
Between the public and the personal: A new stage of Holocaust memory in Lithuania
Defending History, December 12, 2018
Regional Lithuanian Monthly Publishes Query at Heart of Upcoming January 15 Holocaust Trial in Vilnius
Jewish Chronicle, December 2, 2018
My grandfather was a hero, collaborator, and murderer
Times of Israel. November 3, 2018
Lithuanian state historians defend Nazi collaborator accused of killing Jews
Corrieri Della Sera. October 6, 2018
Lituania, l’indagine di Silvia sul nonno: «Non fu un eroe, massacrò gli ebrei»
Jewish Telegraphic Agency. October 4, 2018
Chicago Teacher Showed Grandfather Nazi Collaborator Now Lithuania Paying Attention
i24TV Stateside 10-minute show on September 24, 2018: article; video
BBC5 Radio 15-minute interview on September 11, 2018
Silvia Foti is available to speak about the following topics:
Holocaust Distortion in Lithuania and other formerly Soviet-occupied countries
Ancestry and Secrets–What if You Discover Something Terrible?
The Greatest Holocaust Trial of the 21st Century
Writing Memoir / Creative Nonfiction
Living a Catholic Life / Deepening Your Faith
Coping with Heroin Addiction in a Loved One
