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House with small lions (formerly owned by the Bokshitzky family)

House with small lions (formerly owned by the Bokshitzky family)

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House with small lions (formerly owned by the Bokshitzky family)

Name: House with small lions (formerly owned by the Bokshitzky family)
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Location: Alytus County, Lithuania

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1. Decommissioned carriages – White Rose Bridge loop from Alytus

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2. White Rose Bridge – Decommissioned carriages loop from Alytus

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3. White Rose Bridge – Decommissioned carriages loop from Likiškėliai

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Kermit

July 18, 2023

This residence in Alytus owes its name to the figures of small lions that adorn its steps. The house was built after a devastating fire in the city in 1911; its builder was Mordechai Bokshitzky, whose initials can be seen on the facade of the house along with the date of construction. In the years between the two world wars, the lawyer Mendel Bokshitzky lived in the house and his son Saadia Bahat, who later became a well-known Israeli artist, was born here. During World War II, Bokshitzky and his family ended up in the Vilnius ghetto. Lithuanians saved his daughter Lily's life, and his son Saadia also managed to escape. In the years 1944-1953 fighters for Lithuanian independence were imprisoned and tortured in this house.
Next to the house are four stumbling blocks (brass plates embedded in streets and sidewalks with the names and dates of victims of Nazi persecution) commemorating Mendel Bokshitzky, his wife Sheyna, his son Saadia Bahat and his daughter Lily Winterfeld. The building is included in the Register of Immovable Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Lithuania (Translated from English by the on-site information board).

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House with small lions (formerly owned by the Bokshitzky family)

1. Decommissioned carriages – White Rose Bridge loop from Alytus

2. White Rose Bridge – Decommissioned carriages loop from Alytus

3. White Rose Bridge – Decommissioned carriages loop from Likiškėliai

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