2020 PLAN FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE YEAR OF THE VILNA GAON AND OF THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF QUARTER 1

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1. To hold commemorations in and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Quarter 1, 2020 of the 120th anniversary of the birth of February 2020, April 2020, May 2020, 12-18 October 2020

2. To draft and circulate a letter to municipalities inviting Office of the Government, Ministry of Quarter 1, 2020 them to hold events for the commemoration of the Culture, Association of Local year of the Vilna Gaon and of the history of the Jews Authorities in Lithuania, Lithuanian of Lithuania Jewish (Litvak) Community

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3. To hold a series of events: ‘Litvaks and Literature: Ministry of Culture, Lithuanian Culture Quarter 1, 2020 Input of the Lithuanian Jews into the World Literature Institute, Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) 20-23February 2020 Heritage’ at Vilnius Book Fair Community

4. To run a tolerance campaign #VieningaLietuva Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department Quarter 3, 2019 - (unified Lithuania) of National Minorities under the Quarter 1, 2020 Government of the Republic of Lithuania, Secretariat of the International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania, public establishment House of National Communities, Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community

5. To hold an exhibition of works by Vilnius-born most Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Quarter 4, 2019 - renowned twentieth-century Brasil’s modernist Lasar Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Foreign Quarter 1, 2020 Segall Affairs 28 November 2019 – 1 March 2020

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6. To hold an exhibition at the educational establishments Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community, Quarters 1-2, 2020 of Vilnius and Vilnius district featuring photographs by Vilnius Saulėtekio School photo artist Rimantas Dichavičius about the old Jewish Multifunctional Centre cemetery in Olandų Street, Vilnius: ‘Monument to Monument’

7. To develop and implement a national project of child Secretariat of the International Quarters 1-4, 2020 drawing exhibitions ‘Learning about Jewish Cultural Commission for the Evaluation of the Heritage’ in schools across Lithuania Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania

8. To compile and release a series of articles in the e-publi- Ministry of Education, Science and Quarters 1-4, 2020 cation ‘Education News’ to commemorate the year of the Sport, Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Vilna Gaon and the history of the Jews of Lithuania Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community

9. To provide school libraries with the ‘Diary of the Vilna Ministry of Education, Science and Quarters 1-4, 2020 Ghetto’ by Yitskhok Rudashevski. Sport, Ministry of Culture, Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community

10. To hold grand piano and chamber music concert Concert agency Lithuanian National Quarters 1-4, 2020 dedicated to Jascha Heifetz, Joseph Achron and Philharmonic Society George Gershwin

11. To organise a series of focused events presenting Litvak Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuanian Quarters 1-4, 2020 culture in the United States, the United Kingdom, Jewish (Litvak) Community Ireland, Federal Republic of Germany, South Africa, Israel, Republic of Poland, Russian Federation, French Republic, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Lithuania to UNESCO in Paris

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12. To create an educational tourist trail ‘Heritage of Litvak Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community, Quarters 1-4, 2020 Judaism, Philosophical Thought and Culture in the GDL’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs

13. In celebration of the European Day of Jewish Culture in Department of Cultural Heritage under Quarters 1-4, 2020 Lithuania, to initiate and facilitate the development and the Ministry of Culture implementation of educational and informational projects in municipalities on Jewish cultural heritage: ‘Jews in Lithuania: History, Culture and Heritage’

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14. Build a Synagogue Square Memorial in memory of the Jurbarkas District Municipality Quarter 3, 2019 Jewish community in Jurbarkas 19 July 2019

15. To revise the investment project by the Vilna Gaon State Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Quarters 1-4, 2020 Jewish Museum ‘Complex Reconstruction of Paneriai Ministry of Culture, Office of the Memorial to Victims of Holocaust and all Victims of Government Nazism’ and to renovate the outdoor exhibition of the Memorial with modern means

16. To tidy up and take a regular care of the old Jewish Municipalities, Genocide and Resistance Quarters 1-4, 2020 cemeteries and mass grave sites and to place directional Research Centre of Lithuania, Ministry arrows as well as information boards or, where possible, of Culture, Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) information stands Community

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17. To create a logo of the year of the Vilna Gaon and of the Ministry of Culture, Lithuanian Jewish Quarter 4, 2019 history of the Jews of Lithuania (Litvak) Community

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18. To create a medal of the year of the Vilna Gaon and Ministry of Culture, Lithuanian Jewish Quarter 1, 2020 of the history of the Jews of Lithuania (Litvak) Community

19. To prepare questions for intellectual games and Secretariat of the International Quarter 1, 2020 quizzes in Lithuanian media ‘What do you know about Commission for the Evaluation of the the history of Lithuanian Jews?’ Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania

20. In cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Quarter 4, 2019 - of the State of Israel, to run a joint information Quarter 4, 2020 campaign on social networks dedicated to the commemoration of the year of the Vilna Gaon and of the Litvak cultural heritage

21. To disseminate information on the events for the Lithuanian National Radio and Quarters 1-4, 2020 commemoration of the year of the Vilna Gaon and Television of the history of the Jews of Lithuania on television and radio news programmes

22. To organise the participation of The Post Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuanian Quarters 1-4, 2020 and Haaretz in major events in Vilnius dedicated to the Jewish (Litvak) Community commemoration of the year of the Vilna Gaon and of the history of the Jews of Lithuania

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23. To hold an international academic conference: Martynas Mažvydas National Library Quarters 2-3, 2020 ‘Scholarship and Intellectuality among the Lithuanian of Lithuania, Vilnius University, 21-22 April 2020 Jews. 18th to 20th Century / Lietuvos žydų mokytumas Lithuanian Institute of History, ir intelektualumas. XVIII-XX a.’ and publish conference Institute of Lithuanian Literature and materials Folklore

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24. To hold a permanent and movable exhibition ‘Books Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Quarter 2, 2020 do not grow on trees (Z. Kalmanovich): Preservation Martynas Mažvydas National Library of and Transfer of Memory’ Lithuania, Lithuanian Central State Archives

25. To hold a permanent and virtual exhibition to Lithuanian State Historical Archives Quarter 2, 2020 commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth June 2020 of the Vilna Gaon

26. To develop and implement a project ‘Kaunas Musical Concert Agency Kauno Santaka Quarter 2, 2020 Guide: Historical Jewish Routes’ (7 musical routes June 2020 around Jewish places in Kaunas)

27. To hold a festival of theatre performances‘Opening Secretariat of the International Quarter 2, 2020 the pages of ’ Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania

28. To hold an international retrospective interdisciplinary Public Establishment Menų vartai Quarters 2-4, 2020 art project that promotes joint projects and exchanges of Jewish artists living in Lithuania or having left it.

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29. To work out an investment project ‘Renovation and Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum Quarter 2, 2020 Development of Jacques Lipchitz Memorial Museum in Druskininkai’ and to submit it to the Ministry of Culture

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30. To issue a commemorative coin to mark the 300th Bank of Lithuania Quarter 2, 2020 anniversary of the birth of the Vilna Gaon

31. To issue a postage stamp and a first-day envelope to Ministry of Transport and Quarter 2, 2020 mark the 300th anniversary of the birth Communications, AB Lietuvos pastas 10 April 2020 of the Vilna Gaon (Post)

32. To organise the première of ‘Mordechai Ministry of Foreign Affairs Quarter 2, 2020 Perlov – I Survived Stalin During WWII’ in Lithuania

33. To run a publicity campaign by the Ministry of Foreign Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuanian Quarters 2-3, 2020 Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry Jewish (Litvak) Community of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel in two or three cities: Vilnius, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

34. To broadcast the documentary series ‘The Righteous Lithuanian National Radio and Quarters 2-4, 2020 of the World’ Television

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35. To screen the documentaries: ‘The Paper Brigade’, Lithuanian National Radio and Quarters 2-4, 2020 ‘The Good Nazi’, ‘Our Jewish Musicians’, ‘Romas, Tomas Television and Joseph’, ‘Fania’s Vilnius’, ‘The Snowball Rolled South’ and ‘Litvaks. From Vilnius to Jerusalem’ and others

36. To run three-minute TV spots featuring facts of the Lithuanian National Radio and Quarters 2-4, 2020 history of Lithuanian Jews Television

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37. To hold a World Litvak Congress, which will also Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community, Quarter 3, 2020 play host to Jewish Folklore and Culinary Heritage Office of the Government of the Republic Day events of Lithuania, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Secretariat of the International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania, Department of National Minorities under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania

38. To hold an event in New York to commemorate the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Quarter 3, 2020 year of the Vilna Gaon and of the history of the Jews of Lithuania

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39. To hold an exhibition of works by Samuel Bak at the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Quarter 3, 2020 M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum

40. To hold an exhibition ‘Shenoth Eliyahu: Vilna Gaon’s Martynas Mažvydas National Library Quarter 3, 2020 influence on Jewish Culture in Lithuania’ of Lithuania, Lithuanian State Historical Archives, Lithuanian Central State Archives, Lithuanian Art Museum, M. K. Čiurlionis National Art Museum, Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum

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41. To hold an exhibition ‘YIVO in Vilnius: Beginning Association Lithuanian-German Forum Quarter 3, 2020 of the Legend’ in Frankfurt (Federal Republic of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Germany) Culture, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, Lithuanian Culture Institute

42. To produce an exhibition in English ‘Whoever Saves Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Quarter 3, 2020 a Life Saves the World’ and publish its catalogue Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community

43. To produce a movable outdoor exhibition about Alytus Local Lore Museum Quarter 3, 2020 the Jews of Dzūkija region and their cultural heritage

44. To compile and release a tourist publication on the Šiauliai Tourism Information Centre Quarter 3, 2020 history and culture of Jews in Šiauliai (printed and electronic versions)

45. To organise a Mototourism Rally 2020 dedicated to the Public Establishment Motobaltija Quarter 3, 2020 historical and cultural heritage of Lithuanian Jews May 2020, 22 August 2020

46. To produce a series of Teacher TV broadcasts to Ministry of Education, Science and Quarter 3, 2020 commemorate the year of the Vilna Gaon and the Sport, Education Development Centre, history of the Jews of Lithuania Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community

46. To develop and implement an educational programme Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Quarters 3-4, 2020 ‘Foundations of the Worldview of Lithuanian Jews’ Lithuania

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48. To hold a competition of an idea for a monument Ministry of Culture, Genocide and Quarter 3, 2020 to the Righteous Among the Nations, the rescuers of Resistance Research Centre of Jews in Nazi occupied Lithuania Lithuania, City of Vilnius, Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community

49. To place two commemorative signs in Vilnius for the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Quarter 3, 2020 Paper Brigade Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community, City of Vilnius

50. To place a commemorative plaque in memory of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Quarter 3, 2020 Shenderov family of musicians on Vilniaus Street 17, City of Vilnius Vilnius

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51. To broadcast radio documentary material dedicated Lithuanian National Radio and Quarter 3, 2020 to the history Lithuanian Jews Television

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52. To hold an international academic conference: ‘Treasures Lithuanian Culture Research Institute Quarter 4, 2020 of the Litvak Culture and Art: the Latest Studies’

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53. To hold an exhibition of works by Boris Schatz and Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Quarter 4, 2020 documents from Boris Schatz home-museum in Jerusalem Lithuanian Culture Research Institute

54. To produce a movable exhibition in Lithuanian ‘One of Department of National Minorities Quarter 4, 2020 Seven Centuries. Lithuania. Lita. Lite’ dedicated to under the Government of the Republic communities in Lithuania of Lithuania, Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community

55. To produce a movable and virtual exhibition of Jewish Lithuanian Central State Archives, Quarter 4, 2020 military volunteers having participated in the fights Lithuanian Special Archives for Independence

56. To hold a concert ‘In memoriam Anatoly Shenderov’ to Lithuanian National Philharmonic 14 November 2020 commemorate the 75th anniversary of the birth of the Society composer

57. To compile and publish a methodical publication for Secretariat of the International Quarter 4, 2020 schools ‘100 Things from the History of Lithuanian Jews’ Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania

58. To exhibit the ‘White Crucifixion’ by Marc Chagall Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Quarter 4, 2020 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community

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59. To draw up and launch a plan of works for the City of Vilnius Quarter 4, 2020 perpetuation of Vilnius Great Synagogue and for the arrangement of the surrounding area, after having agreed it with the Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) community

60. To work out project proposals for the arrangement City of Vilnius Quarter 4, 2020 of the old Jewish cemetery on Olandų Street and agree it with the Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) community

61. To work out a technical design for a major renovation Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Quarter 4, 2020 of the structure on Žemaitijos Street 4 in Vilnius (to Ministry of Culture continue the works under the investment project ‘Memorial Museum of Holocaust and Vilnius Ghetto in Lithuania)

62. To arrange and adjust for visiting the site of the City of Vilnius, Lithuanian Jewish Quarter 4, 2020 eternal peace of the Vilna Gaon at the Jewish (Litvak) Community Cemetery on Sudervės Street

63. To arrange the site of the Old Jewish Cemetery City of Vilnius, State-owned enterprise Quarter 4, 2021 at Šnipiškės in Vilnius, present the history of the Turto bankas, Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Cemetery and exhibit tombstone fragments Community

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64. To compile and publish a book ‘History of the Secretariat of the International 2019-2020 Holocaust in Lithuania’ Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania

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65. To air radio lecture on the Vilna Gaon and the history Lithuanian National Radio and Quarter 4, 2020 of Lithuanian Jews Television

66. To publish a collection of poems and the diary Institute of Lithuanian Literature Quarter 4, 2020 of a young litvak poet Matilda Olkinaitė in English and Folklore Office of the Government

67. To compile and publish a collective monograph Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, Quarter 4, 2020 on the history of the massacre in Paneriai and Lithuanian Institute of History of the location itself (1944-2018)

68. To compile and print the publication ‘Reflections Martynas Mažvydas National Library Quarter 4, 2020 on a Broken Mirror. Judaica Collection at Martynas of Lithuania Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania’

69. To compile and publish in Lithuanian and English UAB Post Scriptum. Littera Quarter 4, 2020 ‘Passport Journal / Lithuanian Jews, the Litvaks’ featuring the most prominent Litvak personalities and Litvak heritage in Lithuania and in the world

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