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Gaono Minejimo Planas ENG 2020 PLAN FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE YEAR OF THE VILNA GAON AND OF THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF LITHUANIA QUARTER 1 Chapter I COMMEMORATIONS AND CONFERENCES Action (project) Responsible implementer Implementation deadline 1. To hold commemorations in Vilnius and Kaunas Ministry of Foreign Affairs Quarter 1, 2020 of the 120th anniversary of the birth of Chiune Sugihara 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 Chapter II CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL ACTIVITIES 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 THE YEAR OF THE VILNA GAON JEWISH HISTORY IN LITHUANIA 2020 PLAN FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE YEAR OF THE VILNA GAON AND OF THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF LITHUANIA / 1 QUARTER 1 Chapter II Action (project) Responsible implementer Implementation deadline 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 THE YEAR OF THE VILNA GAON JEWISH HISTORY IN LITHUANIA 2020 PLAN FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE YEAR OF THE VILNA GAON AND OF THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF LITHUANIA / 2 QUARTER 1 Chapter II Action (project) Responsible implementer Implementation deadline 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’ Chapter III COMMEMORATION ACTIVITIES 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 Chapter IV PUBLICITY AND PUBLICATION ACTIVITIES 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 THE YEAR OF THE VILNA GAON JEWISH HISTORY IN LITHUANIA 2020 PLAN FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE YEAR OF THE VILNA GAON AND OF THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF LITHUANIA / 3 QUARTER 1 Chapter IV Action (project) Responsible implementer Implementation deadline 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 Jerusalem 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 THE YEAR OF THE VILNA GAON JEWISH HISTORY IN LITHUANIA 2020 PLAN FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE YEAR OF THE VILNA GAON AND OF THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF LITHUANIA / 4 QUARTER 2 Chapter I COMMEMORATIONS AND CONFERENCES Action (project) Responsible implementer Implementation deadline 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 Chapter II CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL ACTIVITIES 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 Jewish literature’ 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. THE YEAR OF THE VILNA GAON JEWISH HISTORY IN LITHUANIA 2020 PLAN FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE YEAR OF THE VILNA GAON AND OF THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF LITHUANIA / 5 QUARTER 2 Chapter III COMMEMORATION ACTIVITIES Action (project) Responsible implementer Implementation deadline 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 Chapter IV PUBLICITY AND PUBLICATION ACTIVITIES
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