Self Learners Network | Butrimantz / Butrimantz

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The Shtetl Butrimantz

Map

8:30 Leave hotel for Paneriai
9:00-10:00 Paneriai killing complex at the edge of Vilnius
10:00-10:30 Travel to Trakai
10:30-12:00 Visit to Trakai
12:00-13:00 Lunch in Trakai at a Karamaite restaurant
13:00-14:15 Travel to Butrimonys. It's a scenic road. On the way, a quick stop at my village Eiciunai to see my funky house.
14:15-15:00 Visit to old Jewish cemetery
15:00-16:00 Tour of Butrimonys old town and cultural center, likely with Mayor Algirdas Jusas. Snacks and, hopefully, a photo exhibit of Butrimonys Jewish life.
16:00-17:00 Walk to killing fields with local Lithuanians.
17:00-17:45 Visit a killing field and ride back to Butrimonys
17:45-20:15 Dinner in Butrimonys (at the art gallery) with locals.
20:15-22:00 Return to Vilnius.

(Lithuanian - Butrimonys)

Priorities

Research into the family tree and visiting the Jewish remains connected with where they lived
Holocaust history in Lithuania
A meeting with the mayor if possible
Sight seeing in and around Vilnius including Trakai Castle
local culture

To Do? for Andrius and all:

Talk with Butrimonys historian Danutė Anušauskienė
Meet with Henrikas and Česlova Kurlavičiai, children of Domicele Kurlavičiene, and make a video tour of the Jewish shtetl with them.
Talk with Butrimonys mayor Algirdas Jusas.
Make arrangements for showing the Butrimonys show from the Jewish Museum.
Do genealogical research in Vilnius.

Websites in English:

An anonymous Jewish girl of Butrimonys

Websites in Lithuanian:

Articles about Butrimonys and the vicinities in Mūsų Lietuva (Our Lithuania) by Bronius Kviklys (Andrius's grandfather).