Period 101SITES OF MEMORY

Gintaras Vitulskis: After the war, when the wooden cinema Lyra (Lyre) burned to the ground, and Taika (Peace) cinema theatre had not been built yet, the Methodist church was nationalized and turned into a cinema theatre.

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Galina: “Formerly, the Christmas tree was decorated at Vienybės (Unity) Square.

Audronė: „Pradėjau lankyti devintą vidurinę Senamiestyje.

Rimantas Viedrynaitis: “I was born in Kaunas, the Jewish Hospital.

Dobrė: “The action was held in November 1941: at 6 pm we were lined up.

Fruma: "We were hiding in Petrašiūnai, a place that was not considered to be part of the city.

The first building of Garrison Officers' club during the Interwar period was in a two-storey building designed by an unknown architect at the corner of Laisvės Alėja and A.

Audronė: „Prieplaukos krantinę vadindavom cimbruvka.

Rūta: "In the spring, 1958 we said our goodbyes to Kaunas VI Secondary School.

Sculptor Robertas Antinis sharing his memories about  people of Laisvės avenue and Kaunas (2014).

Audronė: „Pilis dabar atrodo visai kitaip.

Kęstutis: „Augau Aleksote, S.

Indrė Žakevičienė: The most memorable event for me was the commemoration of February 16 in 1989 in Santaka Stadium and the “analogue” of the Baltic Way 25 years ago in the Museum of War.

Laisvės alėja (Freedom Avenue)

Saulė: After high school, I got into Kaunas Stepas Žukas Technical School of Applied Arts.

Alvydas Vaitkevičius: I found this picture at booksellers next to Merkurijus without any inscriptions or signs...

Video by students of Vytautas Magnus University: Justė Balytaitė, Monika Žekaitė, Agnė Muškietaitė, Kristina Jazdauskaitė.

Liucija: I remember, when my friend and I, we would go to the Picture Gallery to visit the exhibitions.