11 Facts About Silvia Foti

Silvia Foti was born on 1961 and is an American journalist, writer, and teacher.

Silvia Foti has published research on the deeds of her grandfather, Jonas Noreika, who was an alleged perpetrator in the Holocaust in Lithuania including the book The Nazi's Granddaughter: How I Discovered My Grandfather Was a War Criminal.

Silvia Foti was born in 1961 in the south side of Chicago, in area known as Chicago's "Little Lithuania".

Silvia Foti grew up speaking Lithuanian at home, was a member of several Lithuanian groups, and attended Lithuanian Saturday school and summer camps.

Silvia Foti met her husband in Buenos Aires in 1985, where she was freelancing for Argentine News and the Buenos Aires Herald.

In parallel to teaching Silvia Foti studied for a MFA in creative nonfiction at Murray State University.

Silvia Foti is commemorated in statues and plaques, and streets have been named in his honor.

Silvia Foti's mother studied for a doctorate in literature and assembled documents in order to write a book on Noreika's life, however she became sick and never completed it.

Silvia Foti, who was raised on the heroic legends of Noreika which led to respect in the Lithuanian community in Chicago, found troubling evidence of antisemitism.

Silvia Foti then learned of a 1933 pamphlet authored by her grandfather advocated boycotting the Jews.

In Lithuania, Silvia Foti met with one of her aunts who said that Noreika lived in a Plunge house that had "suddenly become free".