On the 25^th of January, 2010, two groups of students the from Saulėtekis secondary school and from the Center of Education for Blinds and Partially Sighted (Aklųjų ir silpnaregių ugdymo centras) visited the Tolerance Center of the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum. An educational event, dedicated to the Commemoration of the International Holocaust Day, organized by the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum and the Embassy of Israel to Latvia and Lithuania in cooperation with The International Historical Commission and the Jewish Community of Lithuania took place in the Tolerance Centre. 

Main accent of the event was the documentary film “My Sister Tikva” (53 min.) screening. This documentary was presented by the Embassy of Israel.  The guided tour to the thematically related educational exhibition “Rescued Lithuanian Jewish Child Tells About Shoa” took place afterwards.

Participants were greeted by the Head of the Tolerance Center, Ieva Šadzevičienė and Mr. Simonas Gurevičius, Executive director of the Jewish Community.

 The exhibit „Rescued Lithuanian Jewish Child Tells about Shoah“ is comprised of the memoirs, videos, documentaries and pictures of Holocaust witnesses. Unique and authentic material speaks about the Holocaust which took place on Lithuanian soil during World War II, about the loss of loved ones and miraculous salvation, and about the feelings, stress and fear of persecuted children that accompanied them throughout the entire war. One of the stories told there is about the girl who survived through the Holocaust days in Kaunas – little girl Tikva.

The documentary „My Sister Tikva“ is directed by Vered Berman. This film tells the unique resque story of the girl Tikva Jeral (the same girl depicted in one of the stands of the exhibition) – now an erderly woman, seeking to remember her miraculous escape story and to see her rescuers one more time.

Vitalija Krivickienė (Gecevičiūtė), daughter of Adomas Gecevičius and Bronislava Gecevičienė – husband and wife, which saved Tykva Jeral from Kaunas ghetto and were hiding her during the war – was participating in this event too. During the guided tour to the “Rescued Lithuanian Jewish Child Tells About Shoa” exhibition, students had a chance to ask her questions, and to see that history is still “alive”.