Expression dance troupe "Sonata"
Liucija and Daiva: "Sonata" was an integral part of our youthful life, just like lessons, it was the same with dancing.
Read moreIce-rinks of the Temporary Capital
Roberto: When ice hockey was the most popular winter sport in Kaunas, the teams of Kauno Jachtclubas, LFLS and Makabi had their own ice-rinks.
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Cinema in Šančiai
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.
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Vienybės (Unity) Square after the war
Lili Kristina Vaičekauskaitė-Čepauskienė: If someone is collecting historical material, there is an interesting episode.
Read moreSculptor Robertas Antinis sharing his memories about people of Laisvės avenue and Kaunas (2014).
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Žvangutis kindergarten
Gabrielė: Early morning.
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Lions of the War Museum
Birutė: "It was a long time ago...When in 1955 I‘ve settled down in Kaunas together with my parents and saw the sculptures of lions in the Garden of the War Museum, I was so surprised.
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The sign of Kaunas
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.
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Lithuanian yacht club
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.
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Nemunas str. 14, 14 b
Eglė: Hens running across the yard, pigs being farmed behind the house and the old horse of Kaunas silently sitting in the garage...
Read more1972, Romas Kalanta
(Saulius Eduardas Pauliukonis, actor of Šiauliai Drama Theatre, former actor of Kaunas Pantomime troupe, who worked in Kaunas Drama Theatre with director J.
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Looking down from the Resurrection Church
Grafas: This photo hangs on a wall in my house.
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Sculptures in Vilniaus Street
Gintaras: In Vilniaus Street, next to the underground passage, there is a building with niches, in which three little sculptures were placed.
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Kaunas mosque
Jonas: "The mosque that previously belonged to National M.
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Jėzuitų gimnazija
Audronė: „Pradėjau lankyti devintą vidurinę Senamiestyje.
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Sobor
Asija: “The most important place for me was the Sobor.
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Romuva cinema
Vitalijus: I remember Romuva from my childhood.
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Lions of the War Museum
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 (!).
Read moreLaumė café that was working during the Soviet times was famous for its good coffee and sweets but the most important thing there was the sense of community.
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Linksmakalnis
Svetlana: “I was living in Siberia and came to Lithuania from Irkutsk when I was 32 years old.
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