A/HRC/7/19/Add.4 page 19 public places, including physical attacks. In a particular case, he filed a complaint alleging that a controller on a bus had verbally harassed him by calling him “monkey”. According to the Office of the Ombudsman, this case was referred to the Office of the Prosecutor General for investigation of incitement to hatred and violence. D. Views of the Jewish and Karaïte communities 65. Lithuania was historically one of the most important Jewish centres in Europe. However, after the Nazi occupation and the Holocaust, the Jewish population virtually disappeared and only a small community of some 4,000 Jews remains, most of whom arrived in Lithuania after the war. According to members of the Jewish community, the Holocaust is still a very present and painful issue for Lithuanian society, particularly due to the involvement, during the war, of many local collaborators in widespread anti-Semitic violence. 66. The Jewish community expressed its satisfaction with some recent actions by the Government. One of the initiatives pointed out by the community was a broad review of school textbooks, which took place 10 years ago, aiming to eliminate embedded prejudices and correct distortions concerning the history of Lithuanian Jewry, particularly during the Holocaust, and the issue of local collaborators. The community also noted with satisfaction the creation in 1998 by the President of the Republic of the International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania. The work of the Commission was viewed by the Jewish community as an important means to raise awareness regarding the crimes committed against Jews and thus mobilize society against anti-Semitism. 67. The Special Rapporteur visited the Jewish Tolerance Center and Museum in Vilnius, which is the most important documentation centre for the history of Lithuanian Jewry. It receives around 12,000 visitors per year. The director highlighted the importance of raising awareness within Lithuanian society at large regarding the crimes committed during the Holocaust, including by local collaborators, as a means to maintain continuous vigilance regarding the threats posed by anti-Semitism in all its forms. By facing the difficult moments of the past, Lithuanians would also be better prepared to cope with the new challenges in the future, including the influx of migrants. 68. Some particular problems that were highlighted by the Jewish community concern the issue of property restitution, which is currently being settled by the courts. Concern was also expressed regarding the emergence of violent extremist anti-Semitic groups, which emulate the behaviour of such groups in neighbouring countries. E. The multicultural experience of Visaginas 69. The Special Rapporteur also visited the city of Visaginas, in the northeast of the country, which is considered as a successful experiment of multicultural integration. Although a small city, Visaginas has 47 different nationalities represented and only 14 per cent of its population is ethnically Lithuanian. Around half of the population is of Russian origin, many of whom moved to Visaginas to work in the construction and maintenance of a nuclear power plant that operates close to the city.