The Martynas Mažvydas National Library and its Judaica Center will open an exhibit of photographs, present a book about and hold a discussion on Lithuanian Jews who came back to Lithuania from concentration camps on at 6:00 P.M. January 26. The event will be hosted by director of the Judaica Center Lara Lempertienė and the discussion panel will include several Lithuanian historians and academicians. The discussion will be held in Lithuanian.

“The main target of my searches was people’s faces,” Kęstutis Grigaliūnas, author of the book “Lietuvos žydai, grįžę iš nacių konclagerių” [Lithuanian Jews Who Returned from Nazi Concentration Camps] which will be presented, said in a press release on the library’s facebook page.

The library said the event is closed to people without proof of vaccination and that all faces must be covered by “at least an FFP2-level respirator,” except for people who are unable to cover their faces with such masks due to medical conditions, who must wear plexiglass face shields instead. The library also said attendees must use hand disinfectant and maintain physical distance at the event, and that registration is required.