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We wish to draw the attention of all concerned that the new Lithuanian Government is continuing both the reconstruction works of the Congress Centre, which has been recognized as a cultural project of a State importance, and the commemoration works of the old Šnipiškės Jewish cemetery.

We would like to stress that in the eyes of the Government the project of the Congress Centre is absolutely not feasible without an appropriate commemoration of the old Šnipiškės Jewish cemetery. Both projects are being implemented in accordance to the Jewish traditions and under the supervision of rabbis from the Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe.

Vilnius City Municipality together with the Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community and the Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe has prepared project proposals for the commemoration of the old Šnipiškės Jewish cemetery. For further details, please refer to the Statement of of the Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe made in December 2016:

http://www.lzb.lt/en/2017/01/19/the-following-statement-issued-in-the-december-2016-newsletter-of-the-committee-for-the-preservation-of-jewish-cemeteries-in-europe/