The building of the old printing house of 19th-20th centuries is an equally important part of Jewish heritage in Zarasai and history of Zarasai town itself. In 1932-1940, in this exact printing house, at Vytautas str. 8 (nowadays – Šiauliai str. 28), the first daily newspaper in town – called “Zarasai region” – has been successfully printed. And it was the main source of news in Zarasai during the interwar period.

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During the years of the Second World War the building of the first printing house in Zarasai had not been damaged. In 1941 it was nationalized by Soviet occupants and during the Nazi occupation in 1941-1944 it was not used at all. At the beginning of the second Soviet occupation the printing house was re-organized to “Red flag” printing house. After Lithuania regained independence in 1990, the printing house denied this ideological name but kept operating until 1996. After this year the building has been privatized and reorganized to the apartment building – as such it is used to this day.