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🕯 In 1829, the second Jewish cemetery in Vilniu

🕯 In 1829, the second Jewish cemetery in Vilnius was established in Užupis territory called Popówka. The burials in this cemetery began in 1831, the territory was expanded several times due to the growing burials. At the beginning of the 20th century, family chapels, obelisks, and monuments became popular in this cemetery.

✡ In 1959, Soviet authorities in Lithuania decided to close this cemetery and in 1965 it was totally demolished. At the moment there is a memorial for the former Jewish ce#metery. Part of the entrance gate of the old cemetery was also restored.

Address: Olandų str. 22, 54.688062,25.307545

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🏘 In the 19th century, the active Jewish commun

🏘 In the 19th century, the active Jewish community of Salantai had a Synagogue complex near the center of the town. The synagogue complex stood in the current day Sinagogos street, consisting of the brick Synagogue, Beth midrash, and two kloyzes. In 1926 a ravaging fire destroyed the town, as well as Syn🌉 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 – Palanga.

✒️ Joseph Brodsky visited Palanga two times: the first time in 1966, the second time in 1968. In 1967 Brodsky wrote a poem named – “Cognac in a Decanter – the Colours of Amber”, in which he describes his admiration of this resort, and in the latter cycle of poems named -“Lithuanian Divertissement” (1971), the sixth poem is named after and dedicated to this resort town near the Baltic Sea.

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⏳ The first records about the cemetery in Naujoj

⏳ The first records about the cemetery in Naujoji Žagarė come from 1748. The cemetery was used until WW2. and about 500 tombstones survived to our days.

✡ About 500 tombstones survived to our days. After the war, most of them were moved from their original place and put in lines, making it impossible to track the original place of the tombstones.

#jewish #discover #heritage #visiting #travelling #jewishhistory #remembrance #Lithuania #Žagarė

Coordinates: 56.353717, 23.232400
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⏳The Kaunas (Kovno) Ghetto was established by Na

⏳The Kaunas (Kovno) Ghetto was established by Nazis in 1941 in Vilijampolė district, which was abundantly inhabited by Jews at the time. When the battlefront was approaching the city, it was decided to burn the territory.

🕯 Until then the Jews, who were imprisoned in the ghetto, were exploited for free labor and systematically selected, transported to concentration camps or the 9th Fort, and then murdered. The ghetto was liquidated in July, 1944. Only a small portion of ghetto prisoners managed to survive. The symbolic gate of Kaunas Ghetto is one of the places reminiscent of the tragic history of Vilijampolė and all Kaunas Jews.

#Memory #Remembrance #Lithuania #Kaunas #ghetto

Address: A. Kriščiukaičio str. 21/ Linkuvos str. 2, Kaunas

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🏚 One of the oldest buildings in Alanta town is

🏚 One of the oldest buildings in Alanta town is the inn of Alanta, which dates back to the first half of the 18th century; it was both an inn and a guest house for the fellow travelers. Once in it`s long history it has belonged to the Jewish man named Mentkė.
🏘 Jews have settled in Alanta only in the second half of the 19th century, when the town was granted the right to have markets, and that was when the maintenance of the inn has been entrusted to Mentkė. The inn has been built at the crossroad and also next to the Alanta market square, so it became an object of attraction both to the locals and to the passers-by.

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Address: Turgaus sq. 2, Alanta

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🏘 Švėkšna was a typical shtetl: a small town

🏘 Švėkšna was a typical shtetl: a small town, where Jews constituted more than one-third of the town's population. The Jewish community settled around the town's main square, in the current J. Maciejausko, S. Dariaus, and S. Girėno and Gediminaičių streets. During the interwar period, Jews owned more than 20 shops and groceries, which offered a wide array of goods.

✡ In the context of shtetls, Švėkšna is unique regarding the place where the synagogue was built. The local Jewish community managed to receive special permission to build a synagogue in the centre of the town, near the main market square. The current brick synagogue was built in 1928. This synagogue is also unique because it is one of several Jewish prayer buildings, which were visited by the President of Lithuania Antanas Smetona.

🔨 Even though the synagogue managed to survive the Second World War and the Soviet Occupation, its deteriorating physical condition had not received attention for a long time. However, the synagogue now is under reconstruction and soon will regain its former beauty.
Address: Liepų g., Švėkšna
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✡ Paneriai Memorial tells us the stories of both

✡ Paneriai Memorial tells us the stories of both the biggest mass murder in Lithuania and of the tragic fate of Jews during the Holocaust in the whole region.

⏳Since 1991 Memorial Museum of Paneriai belongs to the Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History. It presents a detailed history of Paneriai tragedy.

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Address: E. Ožeškienės str. 21, Kaunas
#Jewish #Holocaust #Remembrance #Vilnius #PaneriaiMemorial
Address: Agrastų str. 15, Vilnius

🕍 Since the 18th century, there has been a smal

🕍 Since the 18th century, there has been a small Jewish community in the northern Lithuanian town of Tirkšliai. At the very end of the 19th century, this community built a wooden synagogue in the main street of Tirkšliai, and this synagogue building is still intact to this day. With the vanishing of the local Jewish community during the Holocaust, after Soviet reoccupation, this building has been used as a storage house.
📚 Although the synagogue has not been looked after for more than half of a century and thus it is no longer a flourishing example of local Jewish culture, the building in its presence itself reminds of the history of the religious Jewish community, which once was an integral part of the Tirkšliai.
Address: J. Janonio g. 15A, Tirkšliai

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🩺 This modernist-style building was built in 19

🩺 This modernist-style building was built in 1930 by one of the best physicians of that time - Simon Volpert (1890-1967).
💊 On the second floor, he opened a clinic where patients with various skin and venereal conditions were treated.
🔬This clinic was equipped with the latest technological marvels of that time. In 1931 one of the first X-ray machines in the whole Baltic states began operating in this clinic.

#jewish #discover #heritage #visiting #travelling #jewishhistory #remembrance #a #Šiauliai
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Address: P. Višinskio str. 24, Šiauliai

🎨 The “Courtyard Gallery” is located in the

🎨 The “Courtyard Gallery” is located in the former Jewish quarter in Kaunas, very close to the choral synagogue. It is a continuous project of paintings, photo collages and art-historical installations. It invites us to remember both the history of this quarter and look closely at our own surroundings.
👨‍🎨Since a number of Jewish families has lived in the houses of this courtyard, some of the stories presented in the “Courtyard Gallery” remind us about their lives and give meaning to their destinies.

https://www.jewish-heritage-lithuania.org/two-capitals/
Address: E. Ožeškienės str. 21, Kaunas
#Discover #Jewish #Lithuania #remembrance #Kaunas #CourtyardGallery

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