My God these people suffered!!!!😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤ i am Catholic, but i have never forgotten what the European Jews have been through. It was never fair or right what you have suffered. My deepest condolences and sorrow for everything and everyone you have lost. My deepest respect for all of you ❤❤❤ i pray to let those who are resting in peace Stay in peace❤❤❤❤ Love from America
In memory of Anna Simaite, I would like to make a donation to this or at least learn to whom one should write.She saved the lives of Jews in the Vilna Ghetto and when she was caught and tortured ,never revealed who it was who had helped her.You need to have a place to write to the government after this film.
Gaddadayna. Cape Tow? If anyone ever reads this, could you please tell me how to find out if there is/was a family named Urbonivicius buried in that cemetery (or elsewhere) or if there are any Jewish families by that name? I am having trouble proving my Jewish roots, thanks to The Holocaust. My grandmother’s came from Vilnius.
For those who are really interested in more detailed unabridged history of the cemetery I highly recommend article "The Old Jewish Cemetery in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" by Vytautas Jogėla, published in Lituanus 2015 - Vol 61 - No 4. Pdf available here drive.google.com/file/d/0B7W8a5JNBDdaMmY5NjN1Z1p1ekU/view?usp=sharing
The fact that the Sports Centre fell into disrepair and the Government made it a Heritage Centre should act as a message to the Lithuanian Government. To then turn around and plan to develop the old Cemetery area is disrespectful and despicable. Should the Government of the day ignore the request of the thousands of people regardless of Creed or Religion or belief, It shall bring them no favour what so ever. The Video does tend to flower up What really happened between 1939 1945 and the years of Russian control prior to becoming Independent. shalom
if you haven't already, you can sign the petition at www.change.org/p/hon-dalia-grybauskaite-please-move-new-vilnius-convention-center-project-away-from-the-old-jewish-cemetery and the organizer of the petition, Ruta Bloshtein, can be found on Facebook for further updates on her page.
very powerful and emotional for those of us whose families perished in the Shoah in Lithuania. The government of Lithuania has refused to accept that the wartime government in any way was responsible for the murder of thousands of Jews so why should this present government be different, you think that being members of EU will change the ever present anti semitic mind set? I doubt it but hope that world pressure can stop this ghastly build.
Let's pull out all our aid and troops to lithuania till they do they do the right thing...better let's give lithuania back to the Russians see how they like them apples...
What wartime government? We didn't even have de jure, not to mention de facto, any sort of government, autonomy or freedom at even simplisiest of affairs - and this goes for both of occupants, Germans and your beloved Bolsheviks. Stop playing same old song; every nation that was between the Bolsheviks and Germans experienced genocide, deportations and us especially had to endure another 10+ years of intense guerrilla warfare when you lot could start trying to restart living life again, for us war ended one can argue in 1990. Even if widspread armed struggle weaned down in 1953, deportations, repressions and killings went on while you did not a single thing about it, not to mention how widespread collaboration was within Lithuanian Jews - they were snitching and killing their neighbors. Why not be thankful that we aknowlegde our crimes and teach that our children in schools and build many memorials, restored your cemetaries and tombstones that your Bolshevik friends took from graves and used them as stairs on Tauro Hill (they build a "palace" of unions there), we took those stones out right away when we were free, in 1991, and returned them where they belong. Can you be thankful for something, at least once, and stop blaming everything on a tragedy that hapenned almost 90 years ago, a tragedy that we ourselves underwent a dozen of times?
And who initiated these crimes & murders? So much for culture & religious belief. Humans suffer from jealousy & resentment throughout history. The slaughter of millions leaves a stain & shame on the perpetrators.
ME GUSTA LA FE JUDIA SE HA MANTENIDO A LO LARGO DE LOS SIGLOS !SU CULTURA Y MUSICA ME LLEGA AL CORAZON SU MUSICA ES BELLA !Y SE HAN MANTENIDO FIRME Y UNIDOS A PESAR DE SIGLOS DE PERSECUCION
Interesting to note that in 2015 antisemitism is alive and well in Lithuania. If they destroy the old Jewish cemetery I pray that the Almighty God will teach them a lesson!
Сегодня на сайте obzor.lt опубликована моя заметка "Число читателей статьи историка Сида Леймана бьет рекорды". www.obzor.lt/news/n26682.html prof. Pinchos Fridberg
yes lithuania unfortunetly has lost most of its jewish background....hopefully it along with polands could be restored to its full potential once again....
I remember German newsreels of Vilnus and Kaunus. I hope the antisemitism is gone along with the Nazis. I hope you get your cemetery and that it is protected by the government.
That's because lithuania gets paid from the UsA and NATO and the EU...since they're doing so well let's take away all that aid...maybe the Russians will help them again by invading them again...would that suit you...
Have the two counties really prospered as well as they should without the Jewish population as you sarcastically suggest? do t think so un-amazing one. One only needs to review how the persons who survived and left have thrived in other Countries throughout the Free World. Beware, Russia or Mr Putin has vision of greater activity beyond Its current activity and may be looking for a much softer target. Obviously, Poland. Or Lithuania wouldn’t be be included in such a plan. In the unlikely event that such a plan did include these two fine Countries, Israel and the descendants of the Jews who left, would no doubt offer assistance.Shalom G-d bless Israel .
And that's my point.. The Jews have been great contributors to humanity in every nation that they've been in...look at the modern state of Israel a world leader in tech and new startups...and where would Christianity be without the Jews and the Torah and the 10 commandments to lead the way...a world or a nation without the Jews would be a very sad one indeed..
@leonstone4738 The population in question here is a special one. One that has basically had universal male literacy for three thousand years. The country made of such a people should be a successful one. I don't think many people question the intelligence of said people. There are many other questions up for debate as relates to this matter, but that one is settled sir.
@leonstone4738 Israel is shrewdly staying out of this current conflict sir. She has quite good relations with Mr. P If the Baltic states require assistance, I doubt it will come from there.
Every Christina in the world must respect the jews cemetery...if they not respect...ask the jews leaders bring this issue to the international high court..👍💪👌
The material is incorrect. In 1939 Majority of population was Polish (59.7% claimed Polish as their native tongue). Among minorities there were: Belarusians (22.7%), Jews (8.5%), Lithuanians (5.5%) and Russians (3.4%).
wtf would u know idiot? i agree with the other 2 not only are you a racist but Judaism isnt a race its a religion. there are jews on every continent (with the exception of antarctica) with all skins colors hair colors eye colors you name it. there isnt "one universal jew" and the fact you believe that is despicable and disgraceful to this world. SHAME ON YOU!
You are a black American with an identity crisis. You're not a Jew or an Israelite. These people were actual Jews. They had an actual connection to a heritage which goes back thousands of years. A heritage which isn't yours to claim.
I fully agree; what was destroyed cannot be brought back, but what remains must be preserved in-perpetuaty!
It is a sacred site.
Simply outrageous !!!!!!!!
My great grandma from Kovono shtetl.
Shalom
Kovno ghetto, shalom. You need to investigate further, your history may be more complex than you’re currently aware.
My God these people suffered!!!!😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤ i am Catholic, but i have never forgotten what the European Jews have been through.
It was never fair or right what you have suffered. My deepest condolences and sorrow for everything and everyone you have lost.
My deepest respect for all of you ❤❤❤ i pray to let those who are resting in peace
Stay in peace❤❤❤❤
Love from America
People who do NOT respect a cemetery cease to be part of the human race !
Ok, we are animals called in latin homo sapiens lituanicus...
@@aleksandraslisauskas2871speak for yourself
@@aleksandraslisauskas2871 No - Commies and Islamo fascists desecrate grave yards....
Please come and see an episode about the original YIVO building in Vilna
This is so sad!!! Not just the cemetery, but the killing of Jews there....Thank you for the video.
On that note let's build a sports complex over your families graves...
In memory of Anna Simaite, I would like to make a donation to this or at least learn to whom one should write.She saved the lives of Jews in the Vilna Ghetto and when she was caught and tortured ,never revealed who it was who had helped her.You need to have a place to write to the government after this film.
Gaddadayna. Cape Tow? If anyone ever reads this, could you please tell me how to find out if there is/was a family named Urbonivicius buried in that cemetery (or elsewhere) or if there are any Jewish families by that name? I am having trouble proving my Jewish roots, thanks to The Holocaust. My grandmother’s came from Vilnius.
What is the status of this project today?
For those who are really interested in more detailed unabridged history of the cemetery I highly recommend article "The Old Jewish Cemetery in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" by Vytautas Jogėla, published in Lituanus 2015 - Vol 61 - No 4. Pdf available here drive.google.com/file/d/0B7W8a5JNBDdaMmY5NjN1Z1p1ekU/view?usp=sharing
After all that I just want peace.
Mega peace I went there like a narcissist but when I get there I get peace.
Thank you. It is a very important video.
Can you please write down what is the situation nowadays regarding the old Jewish cemetery?
Thank you again.
They should be ashamed for doing this to the graves!
We are
I wish you can restore your sacred place
Davka - in Turnov in the Czech Rep similarly the Russians built a freeway over the cemetery. The ohleis exactly under the highway.
I think the sports palace is beautiful.
Make it a museum about the cemetery.
Yes with the maps and names of the Jews and a Holocaust museum..
The fact that the Sports Centre fell into disrepair and the Government made it a Heritage Centre should act as a message to the Lithuanian Government. To then turn around and plan to develop the old Cemetery area is disrespectful and despicable. Should the Government of the day ignore the request of the thousands of people regardless of Creed or Religion or belief, It shall bring them no favour what so ever. The Video does tend to flower up What really happened between 1939 1945 and the years of Russian control prior to becoming Independent. shalom
What can I do to help? Let me know
if you haven't already, you can sign the petition at www.change.org/p/hon-dalia-grybauskaite-please-move-new-vilnius-convention-center-project-away-from-the-old-jewish-cemetery and the organizer of the petition, Ruta Bloshtein, can be found on Facebook for further updates on her page.
what has happened since 2017?
How can we help?
Just sign the petition, please.
bad idea to disrespect the dead....
very powerful and emotional for those of us whose families perished in the Shoah in Lithuania. The government of Lithuania has refused to accept that the wartime government in any way was responsible for the murder of thousands of Jews so why should this present government be different, you think that being members of EU will change the ever present anti semitic mind set? I doubt it but hope that world pressure can stop this ghastly build.
What is war time government of Lithuania, if Republic of Lithuania ceased to exist in 1940?
Tefillah, prayer is the best hope. Only a HaKadosh Baruch Hu can really help.
Let's pull out all our aid and troops to lithuania till they do they do the right thing...better let's give lithuania back to the Russians see how they like them apples...
America & Russia & China run the world now go tell them
What wartime government? We didn't even have de jure, not to mention de facto, any sort of government, autonomy or freedom at even simplisiest of affairs - and this goes for both of occupants, Germans and your beloved Bolsheviks.
Stop playing same old song; every nation that was between the Bolsheviks and Germans experienced genocide, deportations and us especially had to endure another 10+ years of intense guerrilla warfare when you lot could start trying to restart living life again, for us war ended one can argue in 1990. Even if widspread armed struggle weaned down in 1953, deportations, repressions and killings went on while you did not a single thing about it, not to mention how widespread collaboration was within Lithuanian Jews - they were snitching and killing their neighbors.
Why not be thankful that we aknowlegde our crimes and teach that our children in schools and build many memorials, restored your cemetaries and tombstones that your Bolshevik friends took from graves and used them as stairs on Tauro Hill (they build a "palace" of unions there), we took those stones out right away when we were free, in 1991, and returned them where they belong.
Can you be thankful for something, at least once, and stop blaming everything on a tragedy that hapenned almost 90 years ago, a tragedy that we ourselves underwent a dozen of times?
My Zaida's family must be there. From Ariogala, Kaunas He loved Vilna. 😂
And who initiated these crimes & murders? So much for culture & religious belief. Humans suffer from jealousy & resentment throughout history. The slaughter of millions leaves a stain & shame on the perpetrators.
ME GUSTA LA FE JUDIA SE HA MANTENIDO A LO LARGO DE LOS SIGLOS !SU CULTURA Y MUSICA ME LLEGA AL CORAZON SU MUSICA ES BELLA !Y SE HAN MANTENIDO FIRME Y UNIDOS A PESAR DE SIGLOS DE PERSECUCION
מה השתנה מאז? לא מאמינה שהרבה
Relax for me at last..
Interesting to note that in 2015 antisemitism is alive and well in Lithuania. If they destroy the old Jewish cemetery I pray that the Almighty God will teach them a lesson!
Yes by letting Putin and his Russian do to them what he's doing in the Ukraine..
Praying for Lithuania to do what is right, for their own sake.
The archangel of almighty god will be help all jews people where ever they are...yes god will be help the jews people..👍👍👍❤❤❤
Сегодня на сайте obzor.lt опубликована моя заметка "Число читателей статьи историка Сида Леймана бьет рекорды".
www.obzor.lt/news/n26682.html
prof. Pinchos Fridberg
My ancestors. I’m a Witkins.
Does not surprise me . Their lack of respect speaks for itself . Shame on them .
yes lithuania unfortunetly has lost most of its jewish background....hopefully it along with polands could be restored to its full potential once again....
I remember German newsreels of Vilnus and Kaunus. I hope the antisemitism is gone along with the Nazis. I hope you get your cemetery and that it is protected by the government.
6:15 how rude!!
Its amazing that Lithuania is able to succeed without them. Poland also. Interesting.
That's because lithuania gets paid from the UsA and NATO and the EU...since they're doing so well let's take away all that aid...maybe the Russians will help them again by invading them again...would that suit you...
Have the two counties really prospered as well as they should without the Jewish population as you sarcastically suggest? do t think so un-amazing one. One only needs to review how the persons who survived and left have thrived in other Countries throughout the Free World. Beware, Russia or Mr Putin has vision of greater activity beyond Its current activity and may be looking for a much softer target. Obviously, Poland. Or Lithuania wouldn’t be be included in such a plan. In the unlikely event that such a plan did include these two fine Countries, Israel and the descendants of the Jews who left, would no doubt offer assistance.Shalom G-d bless Israel .
And that's my point..
The Jews have been great contributors to humanity in every nation that they've been in...look at the modern state of Israel a world leader in tech and new startups...and where would Christianity be without the Jews and the Torah and the 10 commandments to lead the way...a world or a nation without the Jews would be a very sad one indeed..
@leonstone4738 The population in question here is a special one. One that has basically had universal male literacy for three thousand years. The country made of such a people should be a successful one. I don't think many people question the intelligence of said people. There are many other questions up for debate as relates to this matter, but that one is settled sir.
@leonstone4738 Israel is shrewdly staying out of this current conflict sir. She has quite good relations with Mr. P
If the Baltic states require assistance, I doubt it will come from there.
Every Christina in the world must respect the jews cemetery...if they not respect...ask the jews leaders bring this issue to the international high court..👍💪👌
Deep storage.. come home my child to your parents..yip! 🦊
such unpleasant, loud, and funamentally inapproprite music for the topic. nu, you couldnt find any jewish music?
The material is incorrect. In 1939 Majority of population was Polish (59.7% claimed Polish as their native tongue). Among minorities there were: Belarusians (22.7%), Jews (8.5%), Lithuanians (5.5%) and Russians (3.4%).
Do not look for morals when we are talking about project that it is worth about 156 millions of euro...
That’s kinda shtupid why’d they make it historic
The soviets didnt do much good but at least they used the land for something useful.
Maybe the soviet's can do something useful by building a mosque or football stadium over your families graves..
Impossible. They r not judah mabe jewish yiddish but not hebrew israelites sorry.
Ignorant.
We have Afrikan Jews all over Israel.
Judaism is not a skin color..
Even you could convert.
You are part of a racist nonsense group.
You're a racist
wtf would u know idiot? i agree with the other 2 not only are you a racist but Judaism isnt a race its a religion. there are jews on every continent (with the exception of antarctica) with all skins colors hair colors eye colors you name it. there isnt "one universal jew" and the fact you believe that is despicable and disgraceful to this world. SHAME ON YOU!
You are a black American with an identity crisis. You're not a Jew or an Israelite. These people were actual Jews. They had an actual connection to a heritage which goes back thousands of years. A heritage which isn't yours to claim.
And the Nazi shows his ugly head with his racist remarks..