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A monument to a Dutch Jew savor in Lithuania's second-largest city of Kaunas, to be built after four years of preparations, will restore the historic memory in Kaunas, the Lithuanian and Dutch partners behind the project say.
Jan Zwartendijk
Jan Zwartendijk
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"This day is really special. Kaunas is a museum under the open sky with many historic layers and signs, reflecting one or another period. I think Kaunas has showed may times that it's a strong city with a strong contents and that it's capable of showing that contents to others", Kaunas Vice Mayor Simonas Kairys said during a presentation of the

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