Our Mission
The Gens Family Project preserves the histories of Lithuanian Jews affected by the Holocaust, with a commitment to accuracy, context, and ethical responsibility. Focused on real people and real places, it safeguards histories that were meant to be erased. By combining family history with rigorous scholarly research, our project creates educational resources that foster remembrance, informed dialogue, and historical integrity, contributing to long-term public understanding and the prevention of historical denial.
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Recent Articles
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Bringing Together Jews and Lithuanians in the Struggle for Independence — From Ukmergė to the Democratic World
On Lithuania’s Independence Day, we remember declarations, battles, and political leaders. Yet independence was not achieved only through diplomacy or… Read More
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From Testimony: Lisa Nussbaum Derman and the Choice to Help
This twelve-minute film draws from the testimony of Lisa Nussbaum Derman, a Holocaust survivor whose life was shaped by both unimaginable… Read More
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Silenced Twice: Soviet Erasure and the Restoration of Jewish Memory in Lithuania
Introduction: Destruction After Liberation When Lithuania emerged from Nazi occupation in 1944, Jewish life in the country had already been… Read More
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Testimony, Archives, and Return: The Work of Alexander Phibbs
Reassembling a History the Holocaust Tried to Erase Alexander Phibbs is the founder of the Gens Family Project, a historical initiative… Read More