Period 112SITES OF MEMORY

Menininko Gyčio Dovydaičio dokumentinis filmas-reportažas apie Kaunas 2022 organizuoto Istorijų festivalio 2019 centrą – Ramybės parką (Kauno senąsias kapines) – ir jo kaimynystėje gyvenačius kauniečius.

Lili Kristina Vaičekauskaitė-Čepauskienė: The flood of 1946 in Kaunas was a very strong one.

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

Laisvės alėja (Freedom Avenue)

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.

Gintaras: In Vilniaus Street, next to the underground passage, there is a building with niches, in which three little sculptures were placed.

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.

Solveiga Lukminaitė: My memories related to Laisvės alėja (Avenue) are only positive ones.

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

Solveiga Lukminaitė: My brightest memories are related to my favourite places in Kaunas, especially Kaunas yacht club.

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

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

Audronė: „Prieplaukos krantinę vadindavom cimbruvka.

Audronė: „Prie Neries nevyko nieko įdomaus.

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.

Judita: "When I was young I used to live with my custodian in M.

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

Žilvinas: “My brother and I, we are twins.

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