Memories about Oakwood Park by people of Kaunas.

Liucija: I arrived from the sea coast to study in Vilnius.

Alma: Some time ago, this university was called Kaunas Polytechnic Institute and the campus was built only around 1975.

A.K.: Russian Aesthetic Education Centre later received the name of Mstislav Dobuzhinsky.

Arkadijus Vinokuras (member of the "Company"): We were proud of Kaunas, and the situation of Lithuania hurt us, so a lot of us would carry a litas coin featuring Duke Vytautas from the Smetona times.

Rimantas Viedrynaitis: “I was born in Kaunas, the Jewish Hospital.

Rūta: "In the spring, 1958 we said our goodbyes to Kaunas VI Secondary School.

When I was sixteen, it was the first time, when I brought my photo camera to the Oakwoord Park, Darius and Girėnas Sports Centre, the Hall and the Stadium.

Liuda Riaukienė: “My grandparents Povilas and Vanda Tarnauskai were shareholders of Versalis company.

1 photographPovilas and Vanda Tarnauskai, shareholders of the restaurant Versalis, with their daughter at the War Museum .

Aleksandra: “I lived just next to Laisvės Alėja.

Asija: ”A protest happened in Ramybės (Serenity) Park, after which it was decided to remove the cemetery located in the park.

Neringa: In childhood, our parents would bring us to Vytauto Park.

The ice rink in front of the State Institute of Physical Education was a favourite place for the youth of Žaliakalnis

Writer Markas Zingeris: for me as a child, Laisvės Avenue was both freedom and a promise.

Dobrė: “The action was held in November 1941: at 6 pm we were lined up.

The funniest part was to spin circles around the monument with my Nikon, which was used but still great.

Gintaras: Posters started to appear in Kaunas, just like in Vilnius, after the bloody events of January 13.

Elvyra: “When me and my husband arrived at Linksmakalnis, the soldiers were still there.