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The Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum is sponsoring two virtual lectures called “Story of Escape from Ponar” and “Lithuania in Jacques Lipchitz’s Reminiscences.”
“I am a sculptor from Lithuania,” Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973) used to say to introduce himself at openings of his works in museums and galleries around the world, even though Lithuania had disappeared from the world map when these shows took place. Sculpture and memorial heritage researcher Aušra Rožankevičiūtė talks about Lipchitz’s image of Lithuania and his contacts with Lithuanian artists and thinkers.
The virtual lecture will be available at 3:00 P.M. on April 28 by clicking the ZOOM link below and registering:
Meeting ID: 781 3821 0199
Password: 6YSTki
At 3:00 P.M. on May 5 there will be a virtual lecture on the escape tunnel in Ponar detailing how it was dug, engineered and supplied with electricity.
The lecture is available by clicking the ZOOM link below at that time and date:
Meeting ID: 776 0246 9559
Password: 005691