Lithuania: Churches silenced by the Soviets find new life
During the 1940 Soviet occupation in Vilnius, church buildings were turned into prisons, storage facilities, and asylums, but now many…
Lithuania: Jewish history museum designed as “dreamscape” of village destroyed in Holocaust
It pays homage to the Šeduva shtetl, which was destroyed by the Nazis during the Holocaust, with 664 of its…
Lithuania: Mikvahs unearthed at Vilnius synagogue destroyed by Nazis
Archaeologists have unearthed parts of the Great Synagogue of Vilnius, a 17th-century building, that were presumed to have been destroyed…