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Clive Moss | profile | all galleries >> Travel Pics >> Eastern Europe - July 2004 >> Remembrance - Lithuania >> Saturday - Vilnius City Center >> A walk around Jewish Vilnius tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

A walk around Jewish Vilnius | City Scenes | People

A walk around Jewish Vilnius

The Jewish Community comprised 40-50% of the population of Vilnius before World War II. 3,500 (less than 1%) live there today.
Regina led the way
Regina led the way
We came across a survivor
We came across a survivor
She spoke only Yiddish
She spoke only Yiddish
The alley next to the hotel...
The alley next to the hotel...
...led to the ghetto
...led to the ghetto
A wall plaque maps the ghetto
A wall plaque maps the ghetto
...but some parts have been restored
...but some parts have been restored
Much of the city is crumbling...
Much of the city is crumbling...
An old view of the street
An old view of the street
Guess the city in which the Vilna Goan lived :-)
Guess the city in which the Vilna Goan lived :-)
A bust of the Goan
A bust of the Goan
The entrance to the prison in the ghetto
The entrance to the prison in the ghetto
The outline of a synagogue on a wall
The outline of a synagogue on a wall
A business in the ghetto
A business in the ghetto
Where we ate dinner
Where we ate dinner
The band was .. the band.
The band was .. the band.