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The 2005 documentary "Palieku tau savo vaiką..." (I leave my child to you), the first documentary created by the museum, about the love and death of two people from Telšiai – Rūta Gurvičiūtė, a Jewish woman, and Pranas Laucevičius, a Lithuanian man, who tried to save her.
In 2007, the second documentary “Vilties etiudas” (Etude of Hope) was made by the museum. It told the story of Helena Holzman, a painter and a Righteous Among the Nations, who lived in the pre-war Kaunas, and her relatives during the war years.
In 2009, the forth book Hands Carrying Life and Bread, ed. Danutė Selčinskaja, a collection of authentic testimonies and remembrances of survivors, and documents The book is illustrated with many old family photographs of pre-war and post-war times. The book is dedicated to Sofija Binkienė, the legendary rescuer of Jews, who edited the first book about Jew rescuers “Ir be ginklo kariai” (Fighters without Weapons) that was published in Vilnius in 1967.
On 22 September 2009, the day the memory of the genocide of Lithuanian Jews is commemorated, the new permanent modern exhibition Rescued Lithuanian Jewish Child Tells about the Shoa was launched at the Tolerance Centre of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum; a DVD of the exhibition was relased.
The website Recued Lithuanian Jewish Child Tells about the Shoa www.issigelbejesvaikas.lt in Lithuanian and English www.rescuedchild.lt was created in 2011. It gives all material on display and comprehensive information about the awarded rescuers of Jews, both with the Life Saving Cross and the Righteous Among the Nations. The virtual exhibition "Recued Lithuanian Jewish Child Tells about the Shoa” is illustrated with photographs, video materials; there are also documentaries based on the memories of the rescued and rescuers that were shot on the sites of the events.
In 2013, the documentary “The Pit of Life and Pain” tells the dramatic story of Saulius Kuklianskis, a pharmacist from Veisiejai, and his three children – Mošė, Ana and Samuelis and how they survived. The documentary uses the remembrances of Israel-basedMošė Kuklianskis, the only eyewitness who survived. The film was shot on all the sites of the events – in Gardinas, the picturesque Dzūkija, with the participation of the children and grandchildren of Mošė, Ana and Samuelis Kuklianskis and the descendants of the rescuers of this family. The film was directed by Lilija Kopač, who is also the author of the screen play; Danutė Selčinskaja is the co-author of the screenplay and project manager.
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