Exile and Resistance Museum in Palanga Museum
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in the central part of the city of Palanga.
The museum operates in one of the smallest wooden villas of the Palanga resort "Vaidilute". It was founded in 1993. Initiative of the Palanga branch of the Union of Lithuanian Political Prisoners and Deportees. Even today, the department takes care of the museum on public grounds. The volunteers of the department have adapted the villa for museum activities, and they lead tours themselves.
The exhibition tells about the participation of Lithuanians in the resistance and the exiles that broke people's destinies. A separate part of the exposition is dedicated to General Jonas Žemaičius-Vytautas (1909–1954), a Lithuanian partisan commander from Palanga. in 2009 By the decision of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, the general was recognized as the leader of Lithuania, which fought against the Soviet occupation, and actually served as the president. in 2009 he was also given the title of honorary citizen of the city of Palanga. in 2004 A monument to the general was built in the center of Palanga.
Used sources and references:
Mukienė Danutė, "Palanga Exile and Resistance Museum", Žemaitiai County, 2022-01-18, online access: https://zemaitiuzeme.lt/aktualijos/palangos-tremties-ir-rezistencijos-muziejus
Dovydas Pancerovas, "Russian vacationers also visit the guerrilla and exile museums in the heart of Palanga", 15 min., 07/04/2015, online access: https://www.15min.lt/naujiena/aktualu/lietuva/a-56-513709 ?utm_medium=copied .
"Museum of exiles and resistance - villa "Vaidilute"", National Heritage Guide, 2022, online access: https://www.krastogidas.lt/objektai/tremtiniu-ir-rezistencijos-muziejus-vila-vaidilute-1?route=17633 .
