Period 112SITES OF MEMORY

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

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

Jonas: "The mosque that previously belonged to National M.

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

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

Lili Kristina Vaičekauskaitė-Čepauskienė (2014): Everyone on the same lion !

D.B.: Even though that for most residents of Kaunas, Picture Gallery seems as located in a Bermuda triangle, to me it has probably become a symbolic place, where I made the decision about my profession.

Jolita: My grandparents lived "on the hill", in Vilijampolė.

Laumė café that was working during the Soviet times was famous for its good coffee and sweets but the most important thing there was the sense of community.

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

Elena: "While drinking my morning tea, I read an article about the old Kaunas movie theatres:" It's incredible, but today in Kaunas, out of almost 40 old movie theatres, only one had survived and is still operating.

Petras Vileišis Square (or Smėlynė, as it was called by the residents of Kaunas) was a place famous for horse racing.

Gintaras Vitulskis: The first victory.

Eugenija: "I lived nearby.

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

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.

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

Siegfried: “Just at the outskirts of Kaunas, I was dug up by locomotive firemen and picked up like some kitten.

Audronė: „Prieplaukos krantinę vadindavom cimbruvka.

Irina: “My dad is Russian.