Vilna Gaon Museum Marks Lithuanian Jewish Genocide Day with Free Admission

To mark the Day of Remembrance of Lithuanian Jewish Victims of Genocide, the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum will provide free entry to visitors to the Holocaust exhibit at Pamėnkalnio street no. 12 in Vilnius. Free guides tours will also be held at 12 noon on September 17, 4:00 P.M. on September 18, 12 noon on September 20 and 3:00 P.M. on September 21. Registration is required for the free guided tours by sending an e-mail to jewishmuseum@jmuseum.lt

The International Commission to Assess the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupational Regimes in Lithuania and the Vilna Gaon Museum also invite schools, tolerance centers, all Lithuanian institutions and the general public to attend a commemoration at Ponar at 12:30 P.M. on September 21. For more information write ingrida.vilkiene@lrv.lt or call (8~706) 63 818.