Smėlynas (The Sands; P. Vileišio Square)
Petras Vileišis Square (or Smėlynė, as it was called by the residents of Kaunas) was a place famous for horse racing.
Read moreSiūlų street
Fruma: "We were hiding in Petrašiūnai, a place that was not considered to be part of the city.
Read moreDemokratų (Democrats) Square
Dobrė: “The action was held in November 1941: at 6 pm we were lined up.
Read moreMiesto sodas (City Garden)
Lili Kristina Vaičekauskaitė-Čepauskienė (2014): We would often play in Miesto Sodas.
Read moreVienybės (Unity) Square after the war
Lili Kristina Vaičekauskaitė-Čepauskienė: If someone is collecting historical material, there is an interesting episode.
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Read moreThe 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.
Read moreSenas Stalčius (Old Drawer)
Music club Senas Stalčius (Laisvės ave.
Read moreLions of the War Museum
Lili Kristina Vaičekauskaitė-Čepauskienė (2014): Everyone on the same lion !
Read moreMenininko Gyčio Dovydaičio dokumentinis filmas-reportažas apie Kaunas 2022 organizuoto Istorijų festivalio 2019 centrą – Ramybės parką (Kauno senąsias kapines) – ir jo kaimynystėje gyvenačius kauniečius.
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.
Read moreThe Baltic Way in the Museum of War
Indrė Žakevičienė: The most memorable event for me was the commemoration of February 16 in 1989 in Santaka Stadium and the “analogue” of the Baltic Way 25 years ago in the Museum of War.
Read moreRamybės park (Kaunas Old Cemetery)
Eugenija: "I lived nearby.
Read moreLithuanian 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.
Read moreThe Building of Kaunas Garrison Officers' Club
The first building of Garrison Officers' club during the Interwar period was in a two-storey building designed by an unknown architect at the corner of Laisvės Alėja and A.
Read moreA yard in Dainava district
Portraits of friends (1985) captured in the yards of Dainava microdistrict
Read moreMiesto Sodas (City Garden) during the Soviet times
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.
Read moreMemories about Oakwood Park by people of Kaunas.
Read moreLinksmakalnis
Elvyra: “When me and my husband arrived at Linksmakalnis, the soldiers were still there.
Read moreLaisvės avenue during soviet time
Writer Markas Zingeris: for me as a child, Laisvės Avenue was both freedom and a promise.
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