Zachor. Remember.
Travel Programs from Lithuanian Public Television -
Visiting Seventeen Jewish Shtetls
“Zachor. Remember.” is a series of programs produced by the Lithuanian
National Radio and Television (in Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinis
radijas ir televizija), a non-profit public broadcaster in Lithuania. The
year 2020 had been declared The Year of the Vilna Gaon and Lithuanian
Jewish History. Because of the pandemic, most traveling was done from a
comfortable chair at home, watching television.
The shows feature two actors, Dovilė Kundrotaitė and Marius Povilas
Elijas Martynenko, visiting 17 towns in Lithuania to celebrate the Year of
the Gaon. The target audience is young Lithuanians, and the goal is to
share information about the rich, cultural life of the Jewish community.
The programs have been archived by LRT, and you can watch them on your
own computer.
A couple of comments about watching these presentations:
- 1) I get a safety warning on my computer when I follow the link. I’m
not sure why, but I have not had any problem while I watched the shows
or afterwards. I try to keep my antivirus software up to date and it is
aggressive about warning me of threats. Once I accepted the domain
www.lrt.lt, I no longer had any problems.
- 2) I used the “Translate” app that is part of my computer browser for
the programs – it helps with the text, but was too fast for me to pick
up the captions during the video.
- 3) Two episodes have been translated into English and posted on
YouTube. They might be easier to watch:
- Joel Alpert and a group of descendants from Jurbarkas obtained
permission to have the show about Jurbarkas translated into English.
Joel gives a nice introduction and explanation of the series. The link
to the YouTube video is HERE.
- The Jakovas Bunka Charitable Fund received permission to add
English subtitles to the program about Plunge. You can watch it on
YouTube HERE
I was not consulted in the creation of these programs! I can answer
questions about the links or getting the rights to translate a program
into English, but not about the content.
Peggy Mosinger Freedman
Atlanta, GA USA
Contact Me
LRT Zachor / Atsimink Series, August – December 2020
LINK TO THE SERIES.
LINK TO THE SERIES
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Episodes:
Kaunas / Kovna
August 25, 2020 (Announcement) HERE
August 31, 2020 (Program) Program about
the Jews of Kaunas HERE.
Telšiai / Telshe
September 3, 2020 (Announcement) HERE.
September 7, 2020 (Program) Program about
the Jews of Telsiai HERE.
Pakruojis
September 10, 2020 (Announcement) HERE.
September 14, 2020 (Program) Program
about the Jews of Pakruojis is HERE.
Plungė
September 16, 2020 (Announcement) HERE.
September 21, 2020 (Program) Program about
the Jews of Plunge is HERE.
Same episode with English sub-titles, created, with permission, by the
Jakovas Bunka charitable fund:
Plunge
program with English subtitles is HERE.
Ukmergė
October 5, 2020 (Announcement) HERE.
October 9, 2020 (Program) Program about
the Jews of Ukmerge is HERE.
Kupiškis / Kupisik
October 7, 2020 (Announcement) HERE.
October 12, 2020 (Program) Program about
the Jews of Kupiskis is HERE.
Molėtai / Malat
October 16, 2020 (Announcement) HERE.
October 19, 2020 (Program) Program
about the Jews of Moletai is HERE.
Panevėžys / Ponevizh
October 26, 2020, (Announcement) HERE.
October 26, 2020, (Program), Program
about the Jews of Panevezys is HERE.
Joniškis and Žagarė
November 9, 2020 (Program) Program
about the Jews of Joniskis and Zagare is HERE.
Jonava
November 16, 2020 (Program) Program about
the Jews of Jonava is HERE.
Jurbarkas / Yurburg
November 21, 2020 (Announcement) HERE.
November 23, 2020 (Program) Program
about the Jews of Jurbarkas is HERE.
Note: Joel Alpert and Fania Hilelson have created an English version of
this episode. There is an introduction by Joel. The original video with
Fania’s dubbing begins at time stamp 7:25. Jurbarkas
Program with English translation is HERE.
Kėdainiai / Kaidan
November 30, 2020 (Program) Program
about the Jews of Kedainiai is HERE.
Širvintos and Želva
December 7, 2020 (Program) Program
about the Jews of Sirvintos and Zelva is HERE.
Šauliai / Shavel
December 11, 2020 (Announcement) HERE.
December 14, 2020 (Program) Program
about the Jews of Siauliai is HERE.
Rokiškis
December 20, 2020 (Announcement) HERE.
December 21, 2020 (Program) Program
about the Jews of Rokiskis is HERE.
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From a different series, “Cultural Intersection – Menora; Kultūrų
kryžkelė,” Episode aired Sunday, October 25, 2020, about the Jewish
community of Telšiai / Telz / Telshe. “Telz – pasakojimas apie kadaise
žydų kultūros centru buvusius Telšius,” Cultural
Intersection program on the Jewish community of Telšiai / Telz /
Telshe is HERE.