Globali kategorija: Naujamiestis

Elena: “While drinking my morning tea, I read an article about the old Kaunas movie theatres:” It’s incredible, but today in Kaunas, out of almost 40 old movie theatres, only one had survived and is still operating. The rest became ghosts or a place where other activities are being developed. ” As I‘ve read those […]

Eugenija: “I remember, when they destroyed Stalin’s monument. The windows of our apartment were facing the appendix. From the window I could say that the traffic had been stopped, people couldn’t walk across the street, nor go down the street of Parodos. A truck arrived. It was dark, a lot of police. I saw how […]

Eugenija: “I saw the graves of Darius and Girėnas in the institute.I was admitted to the medicine institute in 1945. As a student I was curious to see them.There was a chapel. In the chapel there were two graves. In the Soviet times. When the Germans came, the medicine institute got closed. Although some people […]

Eugenija: “I lived nearby. I crossed the street, where there currently stands a Russian school.That’s how I walked into the cemetery. There was a mosque there, benches, the backyard of the school.Later they started dismantling everything there, diggings began, excavators came and they wouldn’t let us walk there anymore.I would only walk near the mosque […]

Stasys: “Since I lived up the hill in the city, in Vaižgantas street, I used to go past the cemetery to work. This one time, one red-cheeked guy said you can’t walk through here – go around. I say: “Why? How come?” He yelled back to me: “I’m telling you you can’t. Get out of […]

„Namas stovėjo Laisvės alėjos pradžioje, prie Vytauto parko, šalia apsodintos liepomis ir alyvomis kalno papėdės. Dailus, komfortiškas, šviesiai pilkas Namas buvo pastatytas trisdešimt trečiaisiais metais. Tuo metu Laisvės alėjoje atsirado nemažai prestižinių daugiaaukščių namų banko tarnautojams, gydytojams, kūrybinei inteligentijai ir kitai pasiturinčiai publikai. Gyventojams buvo labai gera – rytinė centrinės miesto gatvės dalis, šalia senas […]

Asija: “In the evenings, Laisvės Avenue was full of people. Families would go for a walk. It was a magnificent tradition. Lithuanian, Jewish and Russian families were walking in the avenue. The oldest members of the family would be walking in front of everyone else; parents following them and lastly a bunch of children were running […]

Asija: “The most important place for me was the Sobor. Pretty much all of the most significant memories were associated with this building. I remember when a whole bunch of children ran to the Sobor, as a neighbour from a nearby house was getting married there. It was my first encounter with Lithuanian traditions and with […]

Asija: “When the family got too big, we received a room in Laisvės Ave. 1A (currently Laisvės Ave. 3). The apartment had 5 rooms, each housing a different family. The rooms were separated by glass doors. Each side followed their own way of living. This “transparent’’ life continued for a long time, as covering the doors […]