Gabrielė: Early morning.

Arkadijus Vinokuras (member of the "Company"): We were proud of Kaunas, and the situation of Lithuania hurt us, so a lot of us would carry a litas coin featuring Duke Vytautas from the Smetona times.

Jonas: “At the beginning of July 1962 and after graduating the 1st High School of Ukmergė (now the High School of Jonas Basanavičius), My classmate Vytautas Juknys and I, Jonas Navikas, arrived at Kaunas for the first time (!).

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

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.

(Saulius Eduardas Pauliukonis, actor of Šiauliai Drama Theatre, former actor of Kaunas Pantomime troupe, who worked in Kaunas Drama Theatre with director J.

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

1 photographPovilas and Vanda Tarnauskai, shareholders of the restaurant Versalis, with their daughter at the War Museum .

Audronė: „Pradėjau lankyti devintą vidurinę Senamiestyje.

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

Vitalijus: I remember Romuva from my childhood.

Grafas: This photo hangs on a wall in my house.

Arūnas: “I spent my childhood and youth in Kaunas.

Laisvės alėja (Freedom Avenue)

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

Tadas Ivanauskas High School

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

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

Audronė: „Katedros šventorius buvo atskirtas plačia tvora, viduje buvo parduotuvytės.

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