October 27-29, 2013, Director of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum Markas Zingeris participated in the international conference, dedicated for commemoration of the 70 years of the Vilnius Ghetto liquidation. Conference, organized by Kondrad Adenauer Fund (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung) took place in Berlin. Zingeris read the presentation on the subject "Building from the ashes: reclaiming the Jewish narrative in Lithuania today"
April 22, 2013, The movie "The Pit of Life and Torment" was presented in Germany on the occasion of the Aachens Charlemagne Prize award for the President of Lithuania D. Grybauskaitė.
May 21-24, 2009, Books printed by the museum presented at the Lithuanian booth at the International Warsaw Book Fair.
April 20-22, 2009, Books printed by the museum presented at the Lithuanian booth at the International London Book Fair.
March 23-26, 2009, Books printed by the museum presented at the Lithuanian booth at the International Bologna Book Fair.
February 15-20, 2009, M. Zingeris presented books printed by the museum at the Lithuanian booth at the International Jerusalem Book Fair. He participated with Tomas Venclova at a literary evening called “Language as an Existential Choice” moderated by Leonidas Donskis.
November 20, 2008, Ieva Šadzevičienė gave an interview to MTV (Hungarian Television)
October 15-19, 2008, Books printed by the museum presented at the Lithuanian booth at the International Frankfurt Book Fair.
September, 2008, Books printed by the museum presented at the Lithuanian booth at the International Goteborg Book Fair. On September 28 M. Zingeris presented the Museum publication album-catalogue “Vilnius Ghetto Posters” at the Lithuanian booth. During the book fair M. Zingeris met with Swedish students and spoke about his writings. He took part in a literary evening with Latvian and Estonian writers. He gave an interview to magazine „Goteborg Post“.
September 15, 2008, R. Kostanian gave an interview to the Jewish Press. She spoke about Jewish life in contemporary Lithuania, the problems of Jewish partisans, anti-Semitism and the museum’s role in teaching tolerance.
September 3-8, 2008 - Books printed by the museum presented at the Lithuanian booth at the Moscow Book Fair.
June 25, 2008, R. Kostanian gave an interview to the Hamburg Radio. She spoke about Jewish life in contemporary Lithuania, the problems of Jewish partisans, anti-Semitism and the museum’s role in teaching tolerance.
June 18, 2008, R. Kostanian gave an interview to the Deutsche Welle Radio. She spoke about Jewish life in contemporary Lithuania, the problems of Jewish partisans, anti-Semitism and the museum’s role in teaching tolerance.
June 17, 2008, R. Kostanian gave an interview to the BBC television. She spoke about Jewish life in contemporary Lithuania, the problems of Jewish partisans, anti-Semitism and the museum’s role in teaching tolerance.
May, 2008, Books printed by the museum presented at the Lithuanian booth at the International Turin Book Fair.
May 15-18, 2008, Books printed by the museum presented at the Lithuanian booth at the International Warsaw Book Fair.
April 14-16, 2008, Books printed by the museum presented at the Lithuanian booth at the International London Book Fair.
March 31-April 3, 2008, Books printed by the museum presented at the Lithuanian booth at the International Bologna Book Fair.
March 13-16, 2008, Books printed by the museum presented at the Lithuanian booth at the International Leipzig Book Fair.
February 28-March 2, 2008, Books printed by the museum presented at the Lithuanian booth at the International Baltic Book Fair in Riga.
February 26-29, 2008, M. Zingeris traveled to Israel, as an expert for the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry.
November 17-21, 2007 the congress of the association of European Jewish museums took place in Munich with director Markas Zingeris of the Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum in attendance. Guests visited the Bavarian Jewish and other famous museums such as the Munich Kunsthaus and the Maximilianmuseum, and familiarized themselves with judaica held in state and private museums. Issues regarding the provenance of items were discused and lectures were provided on the use of modern technology in exhibitions. The collection of the modern Munich Jewish museum and its work with the public were discussed. The next congress is to take place in Amsterdam in 2008. Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum director Markas Zingeris proposed hosting the meeting in Vilnius in 2009 or 2010
May 23, 2007, national Japanese television network NHK conducted an interview with deputy director Rachele Kostanian conerning Chiune Sugihara.
February 14, 2007, Felix Munger, a journalist from Swiss Radio DRS conduced an interview with deputy director Rachele Kostanian.
This interview aired March 6, 2007, on the Swiss Radio DRS program Siesta:
February 12, 2007, JTA reporter Michael Jordan visited the museum. He was interested in the museum‘s work and the political and social position of Jews in Lithuania
Modified: 12/30/2013
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