International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania
The International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania is a commission appointed by the President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus, by presidential decree on 7 September 1998. The Commission is tasked with investigating the crimes committed during the occupation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union and Germany that lasted from 14 June 1940 to 11 March 1990. The commission consists of two subcommissions, each dealing with the 48 years of Soviet occupation and the 3 years of German occupation respectively. The Chairman of the Commission is Emanuelis Zingeris MP. The Commission is a member institution of the European Union's Platform of European Memory and Conscience.
In 2012, financing of the commission was renewed by presidential decree by President Dalia Grybauskaitė and new commission members appointed. The new commission members include Dina Porat and Arkadiy Zeltser, Andrew Baker, Saulius Sužiedėlis, Kęstutis Grinius, Alexander Daniel, Nicolas Lane, Timothy D. Snyder, Françoise Thom, Janos M. Rainer, and Arvydas Anušauskas. Emanuelis Zingeris was again appointed chairman of the commission.
