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Irena Veisaite, 92, Holocaust survivor turned human rights advocate Irena Veisaite died of COVID-19 on Dec. 11, 2020. (Krzysztof Czyzewski/Borderland Foundation) Advertisement (JTA) Even in the most challenging circumstances, Irena Veisaite never missed a chance to foster tolerance and understanding. One of the few Jews to survive the Holocaust in Lithuania, Veisaite’s passion for reconciliation helped defuse a tense moment during an exchange between Poles and Lithuanians at the White Synagogue in Sejny, a Polish town on the border between the two countries that share a long history scarred by tragedy. In the early 1990s, a group of Poles and Lithuanians gathered at the synagogue for a dialogue organized by the Borderland Foundation, a Sejny-based nonprofit that works to promote intercultural understanding. When a young Polish man lashed out against Lithuanians, Veisaite successfully appealed to the Lithuanians not to walk out. By the end of the heated, two-hour

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