A memorial plaque to Rudolph Valsonok in Klaipėda
WORTH VISITING: It is quite unexpected but during the interwar period, Vilna Jew Rudolph Valsonok (Rudolfas Valsonokas) was the one who began historical studies of Klaipėda and its surroundings. He analyzed the problematic situation of Klaipėda district both from historical...
Joseph Brodsky Memorial Bridge in Palanga
WORTH VISITING: This bridge is the only bridge in the world dedicated to Joseph Brodsky - a worldwide known poet, essayist, and Nobel Prize winner. We could say that this bridge symbolically connects the poet with his beloved town -...
Darbėnai Jewish Cemetery and story of David Wolffsohn
WORTH VISITING: Darbėnai spiritual and historical legacy had not completely vanished with the destruction of the shtetl during the Second World War. Its legacy survived in the current day Israeli flag, which was created by David Wolffsohn - one of...
Julius Ludwig Wiener tombstone in Klaipėda
WORTH VISITING: The most generous man in Klaipėda, who left all his wealth to the city and its people, had an interesting life and even afterlife. His tomb traveled from place to place until it returned to its original place. ...
A memorial plaque to Emanuel Levin in Kaunas
WORTH VISITING: It surprises no one when a boy who spent all his childhood in his father`s bookstore in his adult years becomes a philosopher existentialist. But when a professor of Sorbonne university says that he published his first article...
A sculpture to Danielius Dolskis in Kaunas
WORTH VISITING: It would be difficult to find a Lithuanian citizen, who never heard (or sang) the nostalgic song "My love has drowned in the sea of Palanga...". The author of this song and many other popular Lithuanian songs, the...
House-Museum of Chiune Sugihara in Kaunas
WORTH VISITING: The history of Kaunas during the harsh times of the Second World War is unimaginable without Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara (1900 – 1986). In the summer of 1940, he gave away so-called Life visas, which helped thousands of...
Memorial plaque to Leja Goldberg in Kaunas
WORTH VISITING: Famous Hebrew poet Leja Goldberg sometimes is called as Princess Leja between her fans. This princess of Hebrew poems found her talent when she was still a schoolgirl in interwar Kaunas. Although today Leja is mostly remembered as...
Jacques Lipchitz Sculpture Park in Druskininkai
WORTH VISITING: For the symbolical 110 years birthday of world-famous sculptor Jacques Lipchitz, several artists from Lithuania presented an idea of its memorial in a form of Sculpture Park. This unique art installation in Druskininkai combines artistic influences and historical...
The Romm Family Printing House in Vilnius
WORTH VISITING: First of all, Romm printing house is historically famous as one of the biggest Jewish printing house in Vilnius, where the canonical Babylonian Talmud was printed. Secondly, this printing house enabled the development of Jewish literature both in...