Lithuanian MP says Jews took part in Holocaust, draws widespread condemnation
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MP Valdas Rakutis / BNS
Lithuanian MP Valdas Rakutis from the ruling conservative Homeland Union party has drawn rebukes from ambassadors as well as fellow party members for his op-ed published on Wednesday, where he claimed that "there was no shortage of Holocaust perpetrators among the Jews themselves".
The country’s foriegn minister and head of the party, Gabrielius Landsbergis, expressed outrage over Rakutis’ claims.
"I [...] am very angry at the lack of adequacy and understanding," the minister said in a comment sent to BNS. "The parliamentarian's opinion has nothing to do either with my position or with the principles that the party I represent or the government I work in adhere to."