Dating from 1871, this radically designed synagogue, once one of over 35 synagogues and Jewish prayer houses in the city, claims to have one of the most beautiful altars in the Jewish world. A memorial to the estimated 50,000 Lithuanian Jewish children killed during the Holocaust can be found at the rear of the building, complete with 37 stone tablets showing in which towns and cities they lost their lives and just how many of them died in each one. The crumbling remains of two other surviving synagogues can be seen in Old Town at Zamenhofo 7 and 9.

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• Ben Gotz - Holmdel 05 December 2011
  Is this also called the Blue Synagogue?
• COHEN - PARIS 25 January 2009
  WHO SHOULD I CONTACT TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE SYNAGOGUE OF KAUNAS
  
  Hi,
  Suggest the best place to start is the Jewish Community Centre in Kaunas. We list it on the website. We'll enlarge and improve our Jewish Kaunas section this spring. So do please come back again. Ed.