The exhibition by the Lithuanian photographer Raimondas Paknys is dedicated to the annihilated Jewish communities of Lithuania. The photographs capture the images of the cemeteries, prayer houses, and other buildings and sites, portraying the remnants of the Jewish golden age in Lithuania. Apart from a number of telling figures from the history of Lithuania's Jews, the viewers will learn about the Yiddish and Lithuanian names of towns and villages where the Jewish inhabitants used to make up a large proportion, perhaps even the majority of the overall population, in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The exhibition continues until 17th June.

Ministy of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
Development Cooperation and Democracy Promotion Department
www.orangeprojects.lt

The exhibition is accompanied by the published album "Sounds of Silence", which could be available for sale.

The list of photographs of the exhibition "Sounds of Silence"

1. Kėdainiai, Synagogue window. 1991
2. Kėdainiai Jewish cemetery. 2008
3. Gruzdžiai Jewish cemetery gate. 2008
5. Kalvarija Synagogue window. 1990
6. Kalvarija Synagogue. Aron kodesh. 1993
7. Joniškis White synagogue. 2007
8. Joniškis Synagogue. Aron kodesh. 2007
9. Kaunas Jewish orphanage building. 1994
10. Kaunas Choral synagogue. 1994
11. Vilnius Wall fragment. 1990
12. Vilnius Choral synagogue. 2008
13. Vilnius Wall fragment. 1990
14. Kalvarija Synagogue wall. 1992
15. Kėdainiai Shop wall fragment. 2008
16. Kėdainiai Synagogue complex. 1994
17. Alytus Synagogue fragment. 1993
18. Tryškiai Jewish cemetery gate. 2008
19. Ukmergė The street. 2007
20. Nemakščiai Jewish cemetery. 1989
21. Vištytis Jewish cemetery. 1993
22. Čekiškė Synagogue. Aron kodesh. 2007