Joseph Levinson Honored in London
In 2010,J.Levinson was honored in London's Central Synagogue for his dedicated work and achievements.Watch Video
Interview: Joseph Levinson
The Second World War veteran who set out to rescue the memory of 206,000 murdered Jews. Read More Here
The Book of Sorrow
This is a photo book about the Holocaust, with breathtaking moments of the horrible annihilation of Lithuanian Jewish people. Read More Here
About the Author
Joseph Levinson
Joseph Levinson was born in March 1917. He grew up in the small town (shtetl) Vishéy (Veisiejai) in Dzūkija (Southern Lithuania). He received a degree in engineering from the Technical Faculty of Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas. Joseph Levinson fought the Nazis as a serviceman of the 16th Lithuanian Division during World War II and was seriously injured. He is a founding figure of Vilnius’s ‘Green House’ and a historian of the Lithuanian Holocaust. In 1941, during the massacre of the Jews in Lithuania, his father and relatives were murdered in the village of Katkiškė near Lazdéy (Lazdijai). Read More