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In the regions and cities of Vilnius, Kaunas, Panevėžys, Utena, Radviliškis, Kėdainiai, Šiauliai ir Šiaulių rajonas, Ukmergė, Plungė, Tauragė, Alytaus, Trakų rajonai, Telšiai, Palanga the International Holocaust Remembrance Day was marked. Most events took part in the school communities.
The International Holocaust Remembrance Day was marked with the historical as well as educational lessons.


In many cases these lessons were combined with exhibitions photographs, paintings or film reviews. The moments of these events you could see here>>>

Two Lithuanian theatres presented few performances about the tragic destiny of Jews. The performance "Interview" took place in Telšiai theatre and the performance "Anna Frank. Always yours" was presented in Panevėžys Theatre. This is the second year as the performance "Anna Frank. Always yours" was showed to the audience. This nice tradition became attractive to many schools of Panevėžys city.

The conferences for the teachers took place in two Lithuanian cities Panevėžys and Kaunas. The other conference about the meaning of the 27th of January took part in Panevėžys. It was organized by Panevėžys Jewish Community. One more conference called "They are known from the Kaunas' streets" on Jewish historical and cultural heritage took place in Public Institution of Kaunas Julijanava Catholic Secondary School. The organizers of the conference were the teachers of the Tolerance Education Center.

For the 11 school communities the movies were shown. Afterwards the films were followed by debates. The videos watched were The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas; Ambulance; The Ghetto of Panevėžys; The Pianist; Surviving history; Holocaust in Lithuania, „Because We are Jews“, „I leave you my child“. Few schools combined the theme of the movie with other educational tools.

On January 25 and 26 two events took place in Tolerance Center, such as the educational event and „Comedian vs. dictator“.

The participants of the educational event mostly were pupils and their teachers. They visited the exhibition of Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum and watched the film „My sister Tykva“.

On January 26 the comedy “The Great Dictator” was showed. As the background of the event the traveling exhibition “Spiritual Resistance in Vilna Ghetto”, designed by the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, was presented.  

The commemoration in the Lithuanian Jewish Community

On January 27 a commemoration event took part in the Jewish Community of Lithuania. The participants of the event saw the presentation of the project implemented by the Tolerance education center of Vilniaus Viršuliškių secondary school. Also the presentation of the book „The ghetto in my city“ was organized. At the presentation the documentary movie „The (im)possible escapes. Bricha“ was shown and the the former ghetto prisionier who had an opportunity to participate as a guest shared her memories. 14 representatives from the embassies in Lithuania participated in the commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

 

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