Period 107SITES OF MEMORY

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.

Kęstutis: "We were living at Gričiupio Street, where the current KTU student campus is located.

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

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

Gintaras Vitulskis: After the war, when the wooden cinema Lyra (Lyre) burned to the ground, and Taika (Peace) cinema theatre had not been built yet, the Methodist church was nationalized and turned into a cinema theatre.

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

Alvydas Vaitkevičius: I found this picture at booksellers next to Merkurijus without any inscriptions or signs...

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

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

Greta: To me, VMU equals study years.

Laisvės alėja (Freedom Avenue)

Rūta: "In the spring, 1958 we said our goodbyes to Kaunas VI Secondary School.

„Ne kiek to baisiausio žmonijos istorijoj karo Tadas ir beprisimena – keli paveikslai, ir tie neaišku, ar paties prisiminimai, ar vėliau išgirsti žmonių pasakojimai, pavirtę prisiminimais, keli pablukę vaizdai: vienas iš Kauno, antras iš Vilniaus, trečiasis iš Veprių.

Eugenija: "I saw the graves of Darius and Girėnas in the institute.I was admitted to the medicine institute in 1945.

Portraits of friends (1985) captured in the yards of Dainava microdistrict

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

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

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

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

Audronė: „Namas priklausė Zabielų rūmams. Ir pats namas – dabar jis supaprastintas – buvo labai įdomus, ypač architektūra apačioje, visur – skliautai, didžiuliai praėjimai, sraigtiniai laiptai.