40 prisoners managed to crawl through the passage and flee the largest Nazi killing site in Lithuania. In the Ponar forest south of Vilnius, 70,000 Jews were shot over massive pits. The massacres ...

"In Lithuania, we have a specific word for this sensation. Nugrybauti: lost in the forest whilst hunting for mushrooms." To a nation so fixated with foraging, these woods in Djūkija National Park ...

Europe’s best-kept wilderness isn’t hidden in the Alps or found in forest-rich Scandinavia -it’s right in the heart of Lithuania. With unspoiled green landscapes, ancient forests and a rich ...

Walking along such pathways, you will not only view the most fascinating natural objects, but you will also hear millions of sounds of the Lithuanian forest, dispel the mystery of the marshes ...

From the first days of the Nazi occupation of Lithuania, they began taking Jews from Vilnius to be killed in the nearby Ponar forest. Over 100,000 people would be killed there, including 70,000 ...