Period 112SITES OF MEMORY

Gintaras: Posters started to appear in Kaunas, just like in Vilnius, after the bloody events of January 13.

Eugenija: "I lived nearby.

Pastor Vladimiras Sereda: "/.../ In 1980, I came to Lithuania with my wife after our wedding. As people of faith, we were looking for some community.

Street, yard, house. I still remember where a turn should be taken in order to find myself next to the nine-store house, which was my most favourite place in my childhood.

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

Vitalijus: I remember Romuva from my childhood.

Tadas Ivanauskas High School

Gintaras: "One detail stuck to my mind from the dismantling of Leninas monument: next to Donelaičio Street, under a tree, I saw an elderly couple, probably of Russian nationality.

Konstantinas: “My childhood passed here, about 80 years ago.

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

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

Elvyra: “When me and my husband arrived at Linksmakalnis, the soldiers were still there.

Lolita: "Gimiau ir augau Kauko alėjoje (kai gimiau, ji tuo metu dar vadinosi S.

Birutė: "It was a long time ago...When in 1955 I‘ve settled down in Kaunas together with my parents and saw the sculptures of lions in the Garden of the War Museum, I was so surprised.

Laisvės alėja (Freedom Avenue)

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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.

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

In December, 2018 The lions that are protecting the entrance to Vytautas Magnus War Museum commemorate their 85th anniversary.

Greta: To me, VMU equals study years.