Embassy of Lithuania in the State of Israel commemorates Black Ribbon Day
Updated 2015-08-24
On the 23 August 1939 the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union divided Europe into two spheres of interest by means of secret additional protocols.
This led to loss of statehood of the Baltic States for 50 years as well as the mass deportations, murders and enslavements committed by Stalinism and Nazism. Lithuania in 2009 officially renamed "Black Ribbon Day" (23 August) to "European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism, and Day of the Baltic Way". On this day, as on other days of mourning, Lithuanian flags are displayed outside all public buildings decorated with black ribbons.
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