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🕍 In the 19th century, development of towns was

🕍 In the 19th century, development of towns was often halted by fires that ravaged the towns, burning almost all buildings to the ground. In 1894 Marijampolė was ravaged by a great fire, which destroyed town's central part.

🛠️ It did not take long as this empty part of the town was filled with new buildings. One of these newly constructed buildings was a Choral Synagogue. Architect Valerijus Rybarskis presented the project of the synagogue in 1899. Synagogue was built from bricks, had a gable roof, and its facade was decorated with beautiful decorative elements.
Address: P. Butlerienės St. 5, Marijampolė.
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⭐Undoubtedly, Pohulanka (nowadays – J. Basanav

⭐Undoubtedly, Pohulanka (nowadays – J. Basanavičius street and its surroundings) was a space for modern Jewish inteligents and businessmen of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Almost in every house in this area of that time lived people, who later became either locally or even worldly famous. In the beginning of the 20th century, many famous Vilnius society figures lived in this particular area – the owner of „Victoria” confectionary factory Israel Bunimovicz, doctor Zemach Szabad, or founder of YIVO Max Weinreich. The writer, winner of the Goncourt Award – Romain Gary – also spent his childhood in Pohulanka.

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💬 It is believed that in the 18th century - 16

💬 It is believed that in the 18th century - 16 Jewish families settled in Krekenava. The Jewish community quickly grew in size as at the end of the 19th century - out of 2,187 town's inhabitants - more than 1 500 were Jews. As the community grew, the need to build more prayer houses was evident, so over time, two synagogues were built. The surviving romantic-style synagogue was built in the 19th century.
🔍During the Soviet era, the building served as a warehouse, and after the restoration of Lithuania's independence, the building was turned into a sports facility. Now only a memorial plaque reminds us about the original purpose of the building.

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🏛 At the very end of the 19th century, in 1899,

🏛 At the very end of the 19th century, in 1899, the Talmud Torah school was established in Šiauliai. It was funded by businessman Chaim Frenkel (1857-1920). The Talmud Torah school provided education to children from poorer families, teaching them secular, religious subjects and the Hebrew language. Two women's charity organizations donated money to provide children with their basic needs: clothes and food. At the beginning of the 20th century, there were about 116 students in this school.

Address: Stoties str. 11, Šiauliai.

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🏫One of the largest old buildings on the river

🏫One of the largest old buildings on the river Nemunas embankment – the historical Jewish Schwabe gymnasium building. The gymnasium was founded by a famous scientist Moshe Schwabe, thus it was named after him. It was the second Jewish gymnasium in interwar Kaunas, which operated for a short period in 1920-1940. A memorial plaque to the scholar and poet Leja Goldberg has been put on the building in 2010. She spent her young days here and graduated from this gymnasium.

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🏫 Architect Pincusas Sobolis presented the proj

🏫 Architect Pincusas Sobolis presented the project of the Jewish gymnasium's building in 1927. After one year, the building was completed. At the beginning of the 1940s, the Jewish gymnasium was closed. During Soviet times, this building housed various educational institutions. Its exterior also changed its look, as various architectural elements, which were made from bricks, were covered in plaster.

🏛 Currently, the regional court of Panevėžys operates in this building. Address: Elektros str. 9, Panevėžys

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🕍 The first synagogue in Ukmergė was built aro

🕍 The first synagogue in Ukmergė was built around 1685, yet, the place where the first synagogue stood is unknown. We also don't know the exact date when the Great synagogue of Ukmergė was built, yet we can be sure that this synagogue was built no later than in the second half of the 18th century.

🔥 The summer of 1877 was horrendous to the town - two fires struck the town, destroying more than 500 buildings, including the synagogue. After the fire, the reconstruction of the synagogue began.

🔍 After the Holocaust, the synagogue once again was reconstructed. Part of the synagogue was demolished, the interior was significantly redesigned, and almost all decorations were destroyed. The building was turned into a sports center.

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🥯 The grand building at Pylimo str. 4 (54.68387

🥯 The grand building at Pylimo str. 4 (54.683872, 25.27733) was built in the junction of the 19th and 20th centuries. The secular Jewish gymnasium of “Tarbut” branch operated here before the Second World War. Today, the Lithuanian Jewish Community is located here. They have opened the Bagel shop, which offers popular bagels and other snacks of Litvak cuisine. It awaits the time when it will be possible to welcome tourists again.

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🌅 Today Birštonas invites visitors both from L

🌅 Today Birštonas invites visitors both from Lithuania and abroad presenting a unique escape from the fast life of the big cities – it is an oasis for relaxation in the undisturbed nature. However, the town was already famous as a resort during the interwar years in Lithuania, so it can tell many old stories about the different communities of interwar Lithuania, who used to come here, Jews as well.

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📷✨ Moisiejus Botvinikas (1901-1984) was the f

📷✨ Moisiejus Botvinikas (1901-1984) was the first photographer in Zarasai, who captured thousands of images of the Zarasai region and its people. The building of the first photo-atelier stood on Sėlių str. 23 in Zarasai. Later photo-atelier was moved to a new place in the current day Bajorų street, however, both buildings had not survived till our days. Only the places, where they stood, symbolically remind us of the amazing story of the first photographer of Zarasai – Moisiejus Botvinikas.

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