Period 112SITES OF MEMORY

Eugenija: "I remember, when they destroyed Stalin’s monument.

Robertas Antinis: Orbita was a superb club. It was special.

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.

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Lili Kristina Vaičekauskaitė-Čepauskienė (2014): We would often play in Miesto Sodas.

Vitalijus: I remember Romuva from my childhood.

Mindaugas Kavaliauskas: It was a rally to support the Act of March 11 and show our unity.

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

Audronė: „Prie Neries nevyko nieko įdomaus.

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

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

Audronė: „Pilis dabar atrodo visai kitaip.

Audronė: „Pradėjau lankyti devintą vidurinę Senamiestyje.

Asija: ”A protest happened in Ramybės (Serenity) Park, after which it was decided to remove the cemetery located in the park.

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

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.

Irina: “My dad is Russian.

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.

Svetlana: “I was living in Siberia and came to Lithuania from Irkutsk when I was 32 years old.