Mam nadzieję, że podczas zbliżającego się pobytu w Wilnie nadrobię w końcu wizytę w Państwowym Muzeum Żydowskim im. Gaona.

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Sadness On Top Of Sadness.

2021 04 21. Vilnius, Lithuania

“A large cemetery was founded at this site in 1830 by the Vilnius Jewish Community after burials ceased at a cemetery in Šnipiškės. Pre-Holocaust Vilnius was often referred to as "the Jerusalem of Lithuania."

The more than 70,000 people who were buried at this site included prominent poets, publishers, scientists, bankers, and spiritual leaders.

From 1941 through 1944, German military forces and local collaborators killed more than 200,000 of the some 240,000 Jews who lived within what are now the boundaries of Lithuania. Vilnius' Jewish community, which dated to the 16" century and numbered more than 50,000, was almost completely destroyed. Most of its victims were murdered at Paneriai outside of Vilnius.

Burials at the Užupus cemetery ceased in 1948. In 1964, Communist authorities removed its gravestones and used many as building material at other locations, including the steps on Pamênkalnis. A small number of human remains were also reburied elsewhere. After Lithuania regained independence in 1991, the Lithuanian Jewish Community and the Lithuanian Culture Fund arranged for the dismantling of the Pamėnkalnis steps and some other structures built using the gravestones. Some of these were used to build this memorial.

This memorial was constructed in 2004 by the United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad and the Vilnius City Municipality with the generous support of the following individuals and others.” ~ reads the memorial.

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The Former New Jewish Cemetery

2021 04 21. Vilnius, Lithuania

The Jewish Cemetery, which was in operation from 1828 to 1943 or 1948, “was destroyed during the Soviet period and over the years had become overgrown with bushes. The cemetery formerly occupied an area of 11 ha and about 70,000 people were buried during there. Among them were many prominent individuals who contributed to the promotion of Jewish culture around Vilnius.” Now the cemetery is a popular park and the only reminders of the past are bits and pieces of ruins of the cemetery wall, an occasional tombstone that survived Soviet demolition and a gorge alley of gigantic trees.

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Auspiciously the sun ☀️ has shone throughout my exhilarating explorations lithuaniatravel_official. It’s not only the birch & maple trees that have been glowing, I have been too with the sheer joy & emotional rollercoaster of discovering & understanding so much more about my Litvak roots. I’ve been made to feel so incredibly welcome, Vilnius has so much to offer culturally aside from the charm of wandering the colourful streets & being able to envisage how my ancestors would have experienced the city and especially the Jewish quarter. Shop signs in Hebrew are being rediscovered in renovation & preserved to honour memories & forge a new era of moving on in friendship exemplified by the positivity of the extraordinary #bellashirin in kaunas2022 & vilnius_jewish_public_library . For herring & smoked fish aficionados like me there’s much to relish besides all the foodie gems especially the juniper cheese & extraordinary apple ice wine rootsvilnius . There’s creative modern food too, most notably ertlio_namas amandus.restaurant . Plus the complete pleasure of my first stay in a hotel for well over 2 years: the very cool hotelpacai design_hotels. Special thanks to blueoceanspr & jolitaauglyte too for sharing so much of Lithuania with me. I’ll be back for more & especially that vivid pink cold beetroot soup speciality. #lithuania #lithuaniatravel #vilnius #vilniusoldtown #vilnius🇱🇹 #travelwriting #weekendtravel #art #galleries #restaurants #herring #smokedfish #hotel #lovehotels #cheese #icewine #lingonberries #jewishvilnius #jewishlife #jewishneighborhoods #jewishfood #jewishlife #jewish #art #galleries #beetroot ...

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