Shared Values?

American Vice-President-elect JD Vance said recently that the US should not support the NATO military alliance if European countries do not share American values.

In 1941, Lithuania’s “patriotic” paramilitary forces methodically murdered nearly all of the country’s Jews – usually within walking distance of their homes and with the encouragement of the local populations. Lithuania showed the Nazis that genocide was possible. Germany itself did not adopt a mass-murder policy until late January 1942.

In October 2024, 15% of Lithuanians voted for an openly anti-Semitic political party, which now has been invited to join in a governing coalition.

What American values do Lithuanians share?

About the Author

Grant Arthur Gochin currently serves as the Honorary Consul for the Republic of Togo. He is the Emeritus Special Envoy for Diaspora Affairs for the African Union, which represents the fifty-five African nations, and Emeritus Vice Dean of the Los Angeles Consular Corps, the second largest Consular Corps in the world. Gochin is actively involved in Jewish affairs, focusing on historical justice. He has spent the past twenty five years documenting and restoring signs of Jewish life in Lithuania. He has served as the Chair of the Maceva Project in Lithuania, which mapped / inventoried / documented / restored over fifty abandoned and neglected Jewish cemeteries. Gochin is the author of “Malice, Murder and Manipulation”, published in 2013. His book documents his family history of oppression in Lithuania. He is presently working on a project to expose the current Holocaust revisionism within the Lithuanian government. He is Chief of the Village of Babade in Togo, an honor granted for his philanthropic work. Professionally, Gochin is a Certified Financial Planner and practices as a Wealth Advisor in California, where he lives with his family. Personal site: https://www.grantgochin.com/