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Varniai Concentration Camp
Varniai concentration camp was an internment camp in Varniai, Lithuania. It was created a month after the coup d'état of December 1926 to house political prisoners, mostly members of the outlawed Communist Party of Lithuania. In total, more than 1,000 people passed through the camp before it was closed in 1931 due to financial difficulties brought by the Great Depression. Later, the authoritarian regime of Antanas Smetona operated two other internment camps, one in Dimitravas in 1936 and another in Pabradė in 1939. History In December 1926, Lithuanian military organized a coup to overthrow the democratically elected Lithuanian government of President Kazys Grinius and install Antanas Smetona and his Lithuanian Nationalist Union. The official rationale given by the military was that their actions had prevented an imminent Bolshevik coup, allegedly scheduled for 20 December. About 350 communists were arrested and four leaders ( Karolis Požela, Juozas Greifenbergeris, Kazys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samogitian Diocese Museum
The Samogitian Diocese Museum ( lt, Žemaičių vyskupystės muziejus) is a museum dedicated to the former Diocese of Samogitia (reorganized into the Diocese of Telšiai in 1926). Established in 1999, the museum is located in the building of the former Varniai Priest Seminary which was relocated to Kaunas after the failed Uprising of 1863. The museum is a branch of the based in Telšiai. History The Diocese of Samogitia was established when Christianization of Samogitia, Samogitia officially converted to Catholicism in 1417. The seat of the diocese was in Varniai sometimes also known as Medininkai. The Varniai Priest Seminary was established only in 1623 by Bishop Stanisław Kiszka (bishop), Stanisław Kiszka. Until 1743, the seminary shared premises with the Kražiai College. In 1770, a new brick building in the late Baroque architecture, Baroque style was built by Bishop . Motiejus Valančius, future bishop, began his studies at the seminary in 1822. From 1845 to 1850, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
