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Kaunas, Ziezmariai & Vilnius

17 July 2023

Kaunas - Google Search
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was theā€¦

 

Choraline Synagogue Kaunas - Google Search
Kaunas Synagogue (Lithuanian: Kauno choralinė sinagoga) is one of two operating choral synagogues in Lithuania. It is located in Centras eldership, Kaunas.

 

Kaunas Old Town - Google Search
A nice old town with beautiful architecture.A lot of cafes and restaurants with good food quality .Very quiet never crowded so no need for reservationsā€¦

 

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Avraham Mapu Kaunas - Google Search
Abraham Mapu (1808 in Vilijampolė, Kaunas ā€“ 1867 in Kƶnigsberg, Prussia) was a Lithuanian novelist. He wrote in Hebrew as part of the Haskalahā€¦

 

Ziezmariai - Google Search
Žiežmariai ( pronunciation (helpĀ·info)) is a city in the KaiÅ”iadorys district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 6 km (3.7 mi) south of KaiÅ”iadorys.

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Hotel Conti Vilnius - Google Search
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Tolerance Education Centre Lithuania - Google Search
The Network of Tolerance Education Centers is the unique educational project in Lithuania. The creation of the network has started in 2003.

Meeting with Ingrida Vilkiene

Jewish Vilnius - Google Search
Vilniusā€™ Jewish population today is 5,000, a mere five percent of what it once was. The country is home to but 6,500 Jews, some 200 of whom are Holocaustā€¦

Choral Synagogue Vilnius - Google Search
The Choral Synagogue of Vilnius (Lithuanian: Vilniaus choralinė sinagoga) is the only synagogue in Vilnius that is still in use. The other synagogues wereā€¦

 

Vilnius Old Town - Google Search
The Old Town of Vilnius one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres (887 acres).

 

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Kedainiai, Seduva & Krakes

16 July 2023

Josvainiai Lithuania - Google Search
Josvainiai is a small town in Kėdainiai district, central Lithuania. It is located on the Å uÅ”vė River 10 km southwest from Kėdainiai.

 

With Laima Ardaviciene and Harry Gorfine

Kedainiai Jewish Cemetery - Google Search
CEMETERY: Kedainiai has two Jewish cemeteries, just outside town. The old one, founded in the 18th century, was destroyed, has no gravestones,ā€¦

Harry & Laima doing maintenance

DaukŔiai
On Thursday August 28, 1941, a group of over 2,000 Jewish men, women and children from Kėdainiai and the nearby settlements of Šėta and Žeimiai were marched to the hamlet of DaukÅ”iai approximately 5km north of the town centre and shot in small batches by 20 Lithuanian volunteers. The corpses we

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Lost Shtetl
A world-class institution, the Lost Shtetl Museum, will open its doors in Å eduva in 2023. ā€œShtetlā€ is the Yiddish word for small town, and the name Lost Shtetl Museum was chosen to reflect the disappearance of Jewish communities that were destroyed during the Holocaust in Lithuania and throughout Eaā€¦

Update on opening of Lost Shetl: now in Summer 2024

 

Seduva - Google Search
Šeduva is a town in the RadviliŔkis district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 18 km east of RadviliŔkis.
Å eduva was an agricultural town dealing in cereals, flax and linseed, pigs and geese and horses, at the site of a royal estate and beside a road from Kaunas to Riga. Wikipedia

 

Windmill Restaurant Seduva - Google Search
Jewish settlers in Lithuania - Seduva, Darbenai, Kedainiai, Ukmerge, ... The wooden mill has burned down, but the brick windmill built in its place,ā€¦

 

Krakes Lithuania - Google Search
Krake, Krakes, Krakiu, Krakių, Krakės, Kroki, ŠšŃ€Š°ŠŗŠµŃ Ā· Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.

 

On the road to Krakes

Krakes Cemetery

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Meeting with Robertas Dubinka – Education DirectorĀ  and Daiva Dubinkienė, teacher.

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Back in Josvainiai for dinner

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Kedainiai 15 July

Brekkie at the Hotel Conti

On the road to Kedainiai

Kedainiai - Google Search
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Arrival at Laima’s house in Kedainiai

 

The Old Town

Kedainiai, the cucumber capital of Lithuania, offers not only cucumber ice cream, but also Jewish dishes, Scottish haggis
Due to the impressive quantities of cucumbers grown here, the region of Kedainiai (Kėdainiai) in central Lithuania has long deservedly boasted tā€¦

 

Meeting Phil and Aldona at the Cucumber Festival

Back in the Old Town at the synagogue

Kedainiai synagogue - Google Search
Kėdainiai has a synagogue complex that consists of two synagogues: The Great Synagogue and the New Synagogue. The Great Synagogue was built in 1784,ā€¦

 

Walking in the Old Town

At Laima’s Atzalynas School

Atzalynas school kedainiai - Google Search
Kedainiai Atzalynas gymnasium is not only providing an academic education, it is also fostering its studentsā€™ awareness about different cultures.

Back at the Festival

At the Cemetery

Kedainiai Jewish Cemetery - Google Search
CEMETERY: Kedainiai has two Jewish cemeteries, just outside town. The old one, founded in the 18th century, was destroyed, has no gravestones,ā€¦

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Vilnius 14 July

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national library lithuania - Google Search
5 July 2023. Exposition ā€œLithuania on the Path to NATO. 1991-2004ā€ Ā· Naujienos iliustracija 5 July 2023. The National Library hosts the world premiere ofā€¦

Kassel via Frankfurt & Riga to Vilnius

old town vilnius - Google Search
The Old Town of Vilnius one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres (887 acres).

 

Breakfast at Hotel Conti

Walking Vilnius Old Town

vilna gaon - Google Search
The Vilna Gaon was born in Sialiec, Polishā€“Lithuanian Commonwealth on April 23, 1720 as Elijah Ben Solomon Zalman to a well known rabbinical family.

st mary cathedral vilnius lithuania - Google Search
Stanisława) is the main Catholic cathedral in Lithuania. It is situated in Vilnius Old Town, just off Cathedral Square. Dedicated to the Christian saintsā€¦

vilnius jewish library lithuania - Google Search
Top ways to experience Vilnius Jewish Library and nearby attractions. Private Walking Tour around Jewish Vilnius | With a Local Litvak. 1. Historical Tours.

museum of occupations and freedom fights - Google Search
The Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights in Vilnius, is dedicated to showing artifacts and records from the 50-year period of Soviet occupation ofā€¦

national library lithuania - Google Search
5 July 2023. Exposition ā€œLithuania on the Path to NATO. 1991-2004ā€ Ā· Naujienos iliustracija 5 July 2023. The National Library hosts the world premiere ofā€¦

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On the way back to Hotel Conti

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Kassel Germany

Kassel Germany – hometown of Dorrith Oppenheim Sim

12 July 23

With Gabriele Hafermass of the Stadmuseum Hofgeismar

The train from Hofgeismar which converts into a tram in Kassel

Hofgeismar to Kassel
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Kassel

kassel – Google Search
Kassel is a city in central Germany. Itā€™s known for its Documenta art exhibition. Bergpark Wilhelmshƶhe is a sprawling park dating back to the 18th century. Itā€™s home to Wilhelmshƶhe Palace and its Old Masters Picture Gallery. The neo-Gothic Lƶwenburg castle displays 16th- and 17th-century weapons.ā€¦

The Kassel Jewish Cemetery

kassel jewish cemetery – Google Search
27 cemeteries in Kassel, Hessen. Abterode Jewish Cemetery Ā· Ahnabergā€¦

On the way to the Jewish Centre

sara nussbaum zentrum – Google Search
Den Israel Day veranstaltet das Sara Nussbaum Zentrum fĆ¼r JĆ¼disches Leben in Kooperation mit der Deutsch-Israelischen Gesellschaft AG Kassel und der JĆ¼dischenā€¦

The Centre

Elena Padva

Back to the city centre

Oppenheim Stolpersteine

Stolpersteine
Die Stolpersteine erinnern auch in Kassel an Menschen, die in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus verfolgt und ermordet wurden. hier finden Sie einen Stadtplan mit den Stolpersteinen mit jeweils individuellen biographischen Informationen.

The Church and the Synagogue

The Synagogue

kassel synagogue – Google Search
The Kassel Synagogue is the description given to a succession of prayer houses of the Jewish community in Kassel, Hesse.

The Memorials at the Railway Station

GedƤchtnis der Gleise / Kulturbahnhof, Kassel ā‹† The Passenger
It is a memorial many people get close to every day without recognizing it: the GedƤchtnis der Gleise (memory of the railway tracks) at the main railway station of Kassel.

Back to Hofgeismar

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Interview Volkmarsen

Card from Ernst Klein

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Ray’s 22nd Yahrzeit

Ray (Raele) Zeldin Rabinowitz’s 22nd YahrzeitĀ  is on 4th Av

Ra’anana Israel 22 July 2023

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Momele by Cantor Yanky Lemmer

Ray was born on 11 May 1919 in Dvinsk, now Daugavpils, Latvia.

She passed away on 24 July 2001 in Cape Town, South Africa

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Ray passed away on 24 July 2001.

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Volkmarsen Germany

volkmarsen hessen – Google Search
Best Shopping in Volkmarsen, Hessen, Germany – Servietten- & Geschenke-Shop Kriese, Rumpf Modehaus, NKD, Salzberger – Mode, KĆ¼ster, Aldi, Johannes Prott,ā€¦
volkmarsen mikwe – Google Search
Die Mikwe oder Mikwah ā€“ lebendiges Wasser zur rituellen Reinigung. Gewƶlbekeller. Blick in das Tauchbad. Ganz besondereā€¦

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Interview Volkmarsen
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Hofgeismar Germany 1

London Heathrow 5 – 10 July 23

Hannover

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Meeting Julia Drinnenberg in Kassel

Hofgeismar

hofgeismar – Google Search Hofgeismar
Hofgeismar is a town in the district of Kassel, in northern Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km north of Kassel on the German Timber-Frame Road.

Gerhard Drinnenberg

The Stadtmuseum Hofgeismar

stadtmuseum hofgeismar – Google Search
Das Stadtmuseum Hofgeismar zeigt Ausstellungen zu folgenden Themenschwerpunkten: … hat das Stadtmuseum Hofgeismar mehrere Veranstaltungen vorbereitet,ā€¦

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Gabriele

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