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🏘️ Stakliškės is one of the shtetls, where

🏘️ Stakliškės is one of the shtetls, where buildings clearly tell us about the town’s Jewish past. Since the beginning of the 19th century, Jews constituted a major part of the towns’ population, and during the interwar period about one-third of people who lived in Stakliškės were Jews.

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🕍 Historians fail to date the construction of t

🕍 Historians fail to date the construction of the extant wooden tailors` synagogue in Telšiai, but it has clearly been one of the smallest prayer houses in the town. Although after Holocaust a small Jewish community remained in Telšiai, due to the Soviet ideological politics the extant synagogue has not been used for religious purposes.

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✒️ This bridge is the only bridge in the world

✒️ 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.

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🏡 If you want to escape from traditional Jewish

🏡 If you want to escape from traditional Jewish routes and discover the alternative side of Litvak heritage – Balbieriškis is an excellent choice. It might be that you will be the lone tourist in this small town, and you will have an opportunity to discover the town’s Jewish past without any distractions.

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🌱 Darbėnai spiritual and historical legacy had

🌱 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 the founders of the Zionism movement, who was born in this small Jewish shtetl.

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🕍 🎓 In the 19th century Jewish community in

🕍 🎓 In the 19th century Jewish community in Lazdijai organized everything for the infrastructure of its religious life. Firstly, the synagogue has been built, then – a nearby beit midrash, Rabbi`s house, and a Jewish school. All these buildings formed a shulhof in the centre of Lazdijai. This intersection between Vilnius street and Old town alley was the place, where all Jewish community gathered together – either to pray or to chat, conduct business and listen to the hottest gossip in town.

📚 Today both buildings of the mural synagogue and beit midrash are merged to one on Vilnius street no. 6. Both buildings have been harshly damaged during the bombing of the town in 1944. However, in the plan of Lazdijai of 1946, both buildings were still included. The remnants of these buildings were fully reconstructed in the 1950s and that is when they were merged together. During the Soviet period, the town`s cultural house and library operated in this place. In 1994 the place was officially renamed the Youth club and later it became Lazdijai cultural center. It functions as such to this day.

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🏘️ Until the Second World War, Varėna alike

🏘️ Until the Second World War, Varėna alike many of this region`s towns and cities was a typical Eastern European shtetl with an active local Jewish community. There were three synagogues, Jewish Folks Bank, Jewish bookstore, religious and secular Jewish schools. Today we are only searching for the traces of shtetl history in Old Varėna.

🕍 It is quite paradoxical, but the only extant synagogue of three synagogues that existed before the Second World War is the most vulnerable wooden one. It was restored in 1922 and its building can be seen on Basanavičius street no. 14. This synagogue differed from many other synagogues of that time due to its humble decor and massiveness, which is atypical for wooden synagogues. During Soviet times synagogue building has been used as a cultural centre of the town. After 1990 the building has been privatized and now it is both residential and commercial building.

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🏞️🎺 Did You know, that famous American jaz

🏞️🎺 Did You know, that famous American jazz singer Louis Armstrong was familiar with the name of small Vilkija town? Louis was raised with the nostalgic stories in Yiddish about this beautiful town and villages surrounding it. Even though the boy and his birth-parents were born and raised Americans, but his second home, people who took care of him, were Karnovsky’s family from Vilkija surroundings. In 1900 they emigrated to New Orleans and it is where they met little Louis. They saw the boy`s talent and gifted him with his first instrument. While driving to visit this picturesque town by the Nemunas river do not hesitate to listen to the famous “What a wonderful world” by Louis. And when You will reach Your destination in Vilkija, You will able to see by yourself what a wonderful place it is.

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🗺️ Let`s explore Palanga resort outside its m

🗺️ Let`s explore Palanga resort outside its main street for tourists – You will be surprised, how many unexpected historical discoveries are waiting for You in this beloved sea resort. One of such surprises is a historical Jewish quarter in Palanga – from the eastern part of Vytautas street to the Žvejai street.

🌊 Jews in Palanga mostly engaged in trade and craftsmanship, but eventually, due to the location near the Baltic sea, they began to specialize in amber processing and trade. At the end of the 19th century, they had 7 amber shops or workshops in town, and during the interwar period, there were already 10 of them. Another specific enterprise of Palanga Jews related to Palanga as a resort was rent and boarding houses enterprises for vacationers.

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🌾 Jewish farmers` villages is an uncommon pheno

🌾 Jewish farmers` villages is an uncommon phenomenon in the history of the Jewish diaspora. One of such unique villages was in Southeast Lithuania since the middle of the 19th century. It is Degsnės village, which authentic buildings are extant to this day.

🏘️ While walking around this village, notice the uncommon density of the local wooden buildings. Unlike in many Lithuanian or Polish villages, their houses stand very close to the street and give us more of a town`s vibes. Double-sided front doors of the houses opened directly to the porch a few meters from the street.

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