Period 102SITES OF MEMORY

Gercas: "Basically, all amateur activities had to go through a selection process.

Gabrielė: Early morning.

Alma: Some time ago, this university was called Kaunas Polytechnic Institute and the campus was built only around 1975.

Gintaras Vitulskis: These pictures are from the 1930s: in one of them, there is a festive formation of yachtsmen (or maybe sea scouts) captured as seen from Aleksotas, and the other one with Aleksotas in the background. In 1932, the yacht club was established next to Aleksotas bridge in a building floating on a pontoon platform, the so called brandwacht.

The ice rink in front of the State Institute of Physical Education was a favourite place for the youth of Žaliakalnis

Writer Markas Zingeris: for me as a child, Laisvės Avenue was both freedom and a promise.

Asija: “The most important place for me was the Sobor.

Alvydas Vaitkevičius: A note on the monument of Salomėja Nėris: I remember it standing there.

Neringa: In childhood, our parents would bring us to Vytauto Park.

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Alvydas (50): When my then-future wife was studying in Kaunas Polytechnic Institute, we would often walk around the Oakwood Park...

Gintaras Vitulskis: The first victory.

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Gintaras: Žalgiris Stadium was not only a place of sports events; people were also interested in the shows by stunt drivers from Czechoslovakia.

Rimantas: “This photo of my daughter Edita is taken in 1963, when she was 3.5-years-old.

Vitalijus: I remember Romuva from my childhood.

Raimonda Pauzienė (51): [In Juozas Naujalis Music School] everyone was trained to be a musician.

Neringa: Yesterday, while driving from Vilnius to Kaunas, I saw the “new” sign of the city of Kaunas and realized that the old sign was a really special place.