by Augustė Lyberytė, ELTA, July 17, 2024

The cabinet ministers Wednesday approved a proposal by a working group who has been operating for over a year now on setting up a memorial to the old Jewish cemetery at the site of the Palace of Sports in the Vilnius neighborhood of Šnipiškės.

Government deputy chancellor Rolandas Kriščiūnas said proposals from the working group should be seen as a guidepost.

The plan is for a memorial to be set up inside the Palace of Sports and in the territory of the old Jewish cemetery surrounding that building.

“The site would be open to the public with special focus placed on synergy between the outside territory and the interior space,” Kriščiūnas said.

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