At the seminar “The Story of the Escape of 64 Prisoners in 1943: A Living Historical Narrative and the Use of the Museum’s Exhibition”, Ya’arit Glezer, an educator and guest from Israel, shared the story of the escape of her father, one of the prisoners of the Kaunas IXth Fort, Pinios Krakinovskij. Ya’arit Glezer told what she had heard of her father’s planned escape in 1943, at Christmas time. More…

On January 31, the U.S. Embassy in Lithuania and the American Reading Room at the National Library presented the documentary film “The USA and the Holocaust” (directed by Ken Burns). More…

From 22 to 26 January, Lithuanian schools held lessons and events to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day. More…