Period 112SITES OF MEMORY

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

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

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

Alma: It is very nice to remember how people would gather in the Oakwood Park.

Fruma: "My first childhood memories connected to Kaunas are very warm.

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.

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

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.

Liucija and Daiva: "Sonata" was an integral part of our youthful life, just like lessons, it was the same with dancing.

Audronė: ,,Gyvenau ir ligi šiol gyvenu name, kuriame yra ,,Medžiotojų užeigos“ restoranas.

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Stasys: "Since I lived up the hill in the city, in Vaižgantas street, I used to go past the cemetery to work.

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

Memories about Oakwood Park by people of Kaunas.

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

Audronė: „Pilis dabar atrodo visai kitaip.

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

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

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