Lithuanian foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis visited the site of the Lost Shtetl Museum being built in Šeduva in central Lithuania May 4.

“The future modern museum in Šeduva will better showcase the extraordinarily rich history and legacy of the Litvaks for Lithuanians and the world. I sincerely thank the initiators and executors of the project,” he said.

The private initiative is supported by the Šeduva Foundation created by Jews with roots in the town and is being carried out in cooperation with the Radviliškis regional administration.

The Lithuanian foreign minister laid a wreath of flowers in memory of the victims of the Holocaust at the mass murder sites near the town.

Lithuanian Jewish Community chairwoman Faina Kukliansky and Lithuanian MP Dalia Asanavičiūtė accompanied the foreign minister during his tour of Šeduva.

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