
Ruta Puisyte - Lithuanian Consultant and Researcher
Ruta is currently engaged as the Assistant Director of the Vilnius Yiddish Institue, Vilnius
University. Her experience in relation to the topic of the holocaust in Lithuania is extensive. She
has been involved in numerous documentary productions, academic research and educational
projects with survivors and perpetrators.
She has also participated in archival work with various organizations, among them the United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem. In
collaboration with multiple NGOs, Ruta has curated a host of educational programs, among
them Anne Frank - History for Today, Jewish Life in Lithuania, Facing History and Ourselves, and
Lessons on Anti-Semitism.
Ruta is a well-sought after academic and lecturer. In January of this year, Ruta gave a lecture on
"Lithuania's Views Towards Its Holocaust Past " at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and a
talk on the "Holocaust in Lithuania" at the Cape Town Holocaust Centre.

