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RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol 2, No. 89 Part II, 12 May 1998

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR DEFENDS LILEIKIS.  Shifra Grodnikaite, one of the witnesses requested to testify in the case of alleged Lithuanian war criminal Aleksandras Lileikis, has told "Lietuvos rytas" that Lileikis was not a murderer, Reuters reported on 11 May.  "Aleksandras Lileikis saved me at the risk of his own life," said Grodnikaite, who was arrested in Vilnius at the start of the Nazi occupation and now lives in Denver, Colorado.  According to Grodnikaite, Lileikis knowingly overlooked her Jewish origins and subscribed to a fake story that she was the illegitimate daughter of a priest.  The trial of Lileikis, who is accused of having handed over Jews to Nazi death squads during World War II, was postponed in March to allow the testimony of Grodnikaite and another defense witness to be gathered.  It is expected to begin next month.  JC

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