September 21

10:00 A.M. Ceremony at the President’s Office to award rescuers of Jews the Order of the Life Saver’s Cross (by invitation only)

3:00 P.M. Ceremony for the erection of a stele marking the future site of a monument to Righteous Gentiles in the green space behind the Church of the Assumption and the Missionaries’ Monastery located at Subačiaus street no 28 in Vilnius and accessible from Maironio street (near the former Rosa Square)

September 22

6:00 P.M. Premiere of the play Ghetto, National Drama Theater, Laisvės prospect no. 71, Kaunas

September 23

10:00 A.M. Reading of the names at the Choral Synagogue, Pylimo street no. 39, Vilnius

12:00 noon Reading of passages from Yitzhak Rudashevski’s ghetto diary, Rūdininkų square, Rūdininkų street, Vilnius

2:30 P.M. Commemoration at the Ponar mass murder site, Ponar Memorial Complex, Agrastų street, Vilnius. Bus departs LJC at 1:00 P.M.

Exact time to be announced: Pope Francis commemorates Holocaust victims in the former ghetto in Vilnius Old Town

6:00 P.M. World premiere of “Under the Star of David” by the Giedrius Kuprevičius chamber symphony, Vaidila Theater, Jakšto street no. 9, Vilnius

September 26

6:00 P.M. Tenor Rafailas Karpis, pianist Darius Mažintas and poet Sergejus Kanovičius perform their “Embrace the Past Tense” presentation. Old Arsenal, Arsenalo street no. 3, Vilnius

September 27

6:00 P.M. Evening of songs from the Vilnius ghetto with vocals aby Marija Krupoves-Berg and Artūras Anusauskas on piano. Jascha Heifetz Hall, third floor, Lithuanian Jewish Community, Pylimo street no. 4, Vilnius

September 28

Commemorative Sabbath (by invitation), Lithuanian Jewish Community, Pylimo street no. 4, Vilnius

October 4

6:30 P.M. “Heroism in the Face of Destruction.” Nehama Lifshitz ensemble from Israel to perform at an event dedicated to commemorating the victims of the Holocaust. Theater Hall, Vilnius University, Universiteto street no. 3, Vilnius

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