On the occasion of the 34th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuania’s independence – March 11, 1990 – 253 Lithuanian educational institutions (schools, kindergartens, etc.) joined the organized civic initiative “The Living Flower of the Nation.” More…

From 19 to 21 February, a seminar for teachers was held in Kaunas, organised by Centropa in cooperation with the Secretariat of the International Commission. More…

At the seminar “The Story of the Escape of 64 Prisoners in 1943: A Living Historical Narrative and the Use of the Museum’s Exhibition”, Ya’arit Glezer, an educator and guest from Israel, shared the story of the escape of her father, one of the prisoners of the Kaunas IXth Fort, Pinios Krakinovskij. Ya’arit Glezer told what she had heard of her father’s planned escape in 1943, at Christmas time. More…