July 11

6:00 P.M. Screening and discussion of the film Gitel directed by Robert Mullan, 2016, at the Vincas Kudirka Public Library, A. Mapu street no. 18, Kaunas.

7:00 P.M. Thematic tour “Holocaust in Lithuania” at the Ninth Fort Museum, Žemaičių highway no. 73, Kaunas.

8:00 P.M. Screening and discussion of the film “Devil’s Arithmetic” directed by Donna Deitch, 1999, at the Ninth Fort Museum, Žemaičių highway no. 73, Kaunas.

July 12

5:00 P.M. Free guided tour called “Voices of Hope” starting at the Kaunas Municipal Museum, Petrausko street no. 31, Kaunas. Registration required, call (8 37) 731 184 or email mkp.kasa@kaunomuziejus.lt

July 13

12 noon Free guided tour called “Voices of Hope” starting at the Kaunas Municipal Museum, Petrausko street no. 31, Kaunas. Registration required, call (8 37) 731 184 or email mkp.kasa@kaunomuziejus.lt

7:00 P.M. Documentary film in Hebrew Blue Concert directed by Ronen Peled Haddad, Best Baltic Hotel, Mickevičiaus street no. 28, Kaunas.

July 14

9:30 A.M. Commemoration of Holocaust victims at Ninth Fort Museum, Kaunas.

12 noon Commemoration of 75th anniversary of liquidation of the Kaunas ghetto at the monument by the former ghetto gate, corner of Krščiukaičio street no. 21 and Linkuvos street no. 2, Kaunas.

1:00 P.M. Guided tour of Kaunas ghetto and unveiling of new commemorative steles, Kaunas ghetto gate and the former Democracy Square.

3:00 P.M. Kick-off of Antanas Sutkus’s photography exhibit Pro Memoria at the M. Žilinskas Art Gallery of the Čiurlionis Art Museum, Nepriklausomybės square no. 12, Kaunas.

5:00 P.M. Concert commemorating 75th anniversary of the destruction of the Kaunas ghetto at the Kaunas State Philharmonic, Ožeškienės street no. 12, Kaunas, with a big-band orchestra from Kiryat Ono in Israel, Lithuania’s St. Christopher chamber orchestra and tenor Rafailas Karpis.

Organized by the Kaunas Jewish Community, the Lithuanian Jewish Community, the Association of Litvaks in Israel, the Kaunas municipality, the Ninth Fort Museum, the Kaunas Municipal Museum, the Vincas Kudirka Public Library and the Čiurlionis Art Museum. All events, tours and films in Lithuanian unless noted otherwise.