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STOP LANE route no. 120 viewers will be taken to interwar Klaipėda, which had the face of a German city. Let's take a look at the education system at that time. The first object is the Vytautas the Great Gymnasium, which became a true stronghold of Lithuanian culture in the interwar period. In order to foster Lithuanianness, the construction of the building was initiated by the Society of Lithuanians, and the then Prime Minister of Lithuania Ernestas Galvanauskas contributed to the establishment of the gymnasium. It is said that it was perhaps the most expensive Lithuanian school built between the wars, which the then press called the most modern building in the entire Baltic region. Historian Vasilij Safronov says that the palace taken over by the Germans had clear connections with the Second World War. What can be common between this gymnasium and the beginning of the war? Another object is the Immanuel Kant school building, where the Lithuanian Maritime Academy is located today. It is one of several schools built by the municipality of Klaipėda city and stands in opposition to the Lithuanian Vytautas the Great Gymnasium. In this school, classes were held in German, and you can see other German symbols while walking through its corridors. It is rare to know that the dissident Simonas Kudirka, who in the 1970s unsuccessfully tried to jump from "Soviet Lithuania" to the US Coast Guard ship, also studied at I. Kant's school. We will go to the workshop of Edvardas Malinauskas, an artist from Radviliška who has lived in Klaipėda for 75 years. Here, the artist will not only tell the story of his family's life, but also show an exhibition of his own paintings. These convey different stages of Lithuanian history. "Here you can see how after the war the fishermen of the Curonian Spit transported hay to Nida. They were bored of eating only crows and fish," says E. Malinauskas, pointing to the picture. "Stop lane" - Sundays at 11 a.m. through LRT PLUS. Let's communicate on social networks: Facebook: / stopjuosta Instagram: / stop_juosta