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In Germany – an Exhibition KAUNAS 1941
On the16th of November, 2021, an exhibition by the artist Rainer Viertlböck was opened at the Jewish Museum Munich to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the deportation of Munich Jews to Kaunas. On November 20th in 1941, almost a thousand of Jews were transported by train from Munich and shot to death in a massacre field near the Kaunas Ninth Fort on 25th of November, 1941, during the “Foreigners Action”.In September 2021, R. Viertlböck, whose grandfather was one of the deported and killed Jews, worked at the Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum – photographed and filmed material for the upcoming exhibition. He expressed his sensitive experience in the photography installation “Kaunas 1941”.“I only found out about him [the grandfather] shortly before my father died, because my grandmother had been persuaded, or she agreed, to indicate the paternity of my father as “unknown”. This might have saved my father‘s life in the Third Reich. Still, this was never discussed in our family, my father only talked about it shortly before he died. Accordingly, I had no emotional connection to my grandfather. I have to say, this changed dramatically when I arrived in Kaunas. So, I drove there completely, more or less, unconcerned, ...
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INNOVACONCRETE KAUNAS VIRTUAL WORKSHOP | 11–12 June 2021
The last virtual workshop “Monument and non-Monument: concrete heritage of the post-war era” of the international project “InnovaConcrete” will be held on June 11-12, 2021. We invite you to register!Registration and more information: https://bit.ly/3fR63nl The international project “InnovaConcrete” aims to preserve cultural heritage created from concrete (monuments built in the 20th century). The project involved experts from different fields who worked together to discover innovative solutions. One of the objects studied by the scientists is the monument for the commemoration of the Holocaust victims that is at the Kaunas Ninth Fort Memorial Complex. The seminar will be joined by the speakers from other countries who will discuss monuments and other types of structures that can and should remain for the future generations as a relevant part of our history. Virtual location of the seminar: Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum.Organisers: ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum.
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Important Information for the Visitors
On the last Sunday of each month all visitors can visit the museum free of charge. Guided tours in English on the last Sunday of the month are not available.Free admission tickets are available at the ticket office located at Žemaičių pl. 73.
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