In this house in Antokolski Str. No. 4 the famous 19th-century Jewish sculptor, Mark Antokolski, lived in 1843-1862 […]
The Jewish Street and Gaon Street in the Old Town of Vilnius
The Jewish St. and Gaon St. were all the time the center and axis of the Jewish Quarter in Vilnius’ Old Town […]
The Large Vilnius Jewish Ghetto
The Jewish community of Vilnius was tragically exterminated during WWII – nearly 60.000 people […]
Monument to Chiune Sugihara in Vilnius
A Japanese Chiune Sugihara saved more than 6.000 Jews from the holocaust at the beginning of WWII […]
Vilnius Christmas Tree
Christmas Tree decoration in Vilnius in front of Cathedral Basilica, December 2019 […]
Vilnius Panorama of the Neris River
The heart of Vilnius is at the confluence of the Neris River and smaller Vilnia River. The Old Town of Vilnius is between these two rivers […]
Jewish Quarter (I)
Vilnius was called Jerusalem of the North since the mid-18th century till WWII. Before 1941, around 60.000 (1/3 of Vilnius population) Jews lived in the small, narrow streets, including artisans and merchants, who supplied products to the city and surrounding areas […]
Jewish Quarter (III)
The buildings in the Jewish Quarter in Vilnius housed many shops and stores, and many poor Jews lived there. These were probably the most densely populated premises in Vilnius […]
Jewish Quarter (II)
A Jewish Quarter (known as a ghetto in West Europe) was formed in the Middle Ages in Vilnius in the area bordered Dominikonų, Vokiečių and Stiklų Streets in today’s Old Town […]
Vilnius Upper (Higher) Castle
The Upper (Higher) Castle of Vilnius is located on the top of the Gediminas Hill that is a typical Lithuanian mound, the largest such hill of natural origin in Lithuania […]
