Vilnius, Lithuania; Wilno to Poles who called it home until after WW2, Vilna in Yiddish. Dubbed the Jerusalem of North by Napoleon. Nicknamed Babylon in the 16th-18th due to its multi-ethnic demographic. It was not until independence in 1990, that for the first time in modern history Lithuanians became a majority at 63%. of theContinue reading “A Serious Vilnius”
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They do make you stumble…
This was originally posted January 7, 2019. Since then we have stumbling over many stolpersteine. Each time we find one, either by chance or intent, we take a picture and add it here. Countries included- Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Italy, Croatia, France, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Latvia. We see stoplersteine throughout Europe; big cities and tiny, repulsed by theContinue reading “They do make you stumble…”
Chosen Fugue 