VILKAVISKIS
A small town in Southern Lithuania
Where the Jewish Community is no more
From the very outset of this project I have always beleived that a central part of my work was to bring back the memory of the Jewish Community to Vilkaviskis - and central to this is to make the younger generation aware of the Jewish History of their town.
With the help of Mr. Antanas Zlinskas I was able to do this - my thanks to him and to the Heads of the schools who kindly allowed
me to speak to their pupils.
Retelling the story of Jewish Vilkaviskis
2008
SUDAVA SECONDARY SCHOOL
Headmistriss: Mrs Laima Pakinkiene
Teacher for Holocaust Studies: Ms: Regina Naujokaitiene
URL: http://www.e-village.jp/opc/06evc/06aday02/10/index.html
My talk was based on a series of enlarged photographs showing Jewish life in Vilkaviskis - I had planned it for slightly smaller groups and I was a little taken back at first with the size of the audience. Antanas finished the presentation with the story of Dvora Olexnansky and he read her final letter from Vilkaviskis.
"AUSRUS" SECONDARY SCHOOL
Headmaster : Mr.Aleksandras Zikevicius
Class Teacher: Ms. Laima Civinskiene
http://www.ausra.vilkaviskis.lm.lt/holokaustas.html
S. NERES SECONDARY SCHOOL
Headmaster:Mr. Daina Juskauskiene
Class Teacher, Maria
URL: http://www.sneris.vilkaviskis.lm.lt
The following day Maria's class came to visit me whilst I was working in the cemtery
2009
Perhaps on of the most important parts of my project is to bring the understnding that in Vilkaviskis and the surrounding areas where thriving Jewish communities before 1941.
It is with the kind help of Antanas and Algis and the teachers and staff of these schools that I have been able to achieve this aim
This year I told the stories of Dvora Dolev, Dvora Olexesnanski and Shmarihu Pustapetski.
AUSRUS" SECONDARY SCHOOL
Headmaster : Mr.Aleksandras Zikevicius
http://www.ausra.vilkaviskis.lm.lt/holokaustas.html
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getting ready |
talking |
talking 2 |
speaking in school |
listening |
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my audience |
reading Dvora's letter |
reading the letter of Dvora |
Dvora Dolevs map |
AUSRUS" SECONDARY SCHOOL
Headmaster : Mr.Aleksandras Zikevicius
http://www.ausra.vilkaviskis.lm.lt/holokaustas.html
AUSRUS" SECONDARY SCHOOL
Headmaster : Mr.Aleksandras Zikevicius
http://www.ausra.vilkaviskis.lm.lt/holokaustas.html