{"id":46530,"date":"2026-02-03T11:26:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/red-bricks-silute-silenced-history-klaipeda-region\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:36:32","slug":"red-bricks-silute-silenced-history-klaipeda-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/en\/red-bricks-silute-silenced-history-klaipeda-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bricks in \u0160ilut\u0117: An Exhibition That Speaks About the Silenced History of the Klaip\u0117da Region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On February 4 at 5:30 PM, the opening of the photography exhibition \u201cRed Bricks of the Klaip\u0117da Region\u201d (Raudonos Klaip\u0117dos kra\u0161to plytos) will take place at the \u0160ilut\u0117 Hugo Scheu Museum (\u0160ilut\u0117s Hugo \u0160ojaus muziejus), Lietuvinink\u0173 St. 4, \u0160ilut\u0117 (Lietuvinink\u0173 g. 4, \u0160ilut\u0117). Professor Vasilijus Safronovas of Klaip\u0117da University will attend the event; his insights into the history and memory of the Klaip\u0117da Region consistently attract great attention. The initiator of the exhibition, Edita Valin\u010dien\u0117, a native of \u0160ilut\u0117 and head of the public institution \u201cRaudonos plytos\u201d, will also participate. The event will include a presentation of the exhibition and a short lecture with discussion.    <br\/>Professor Vasilijus Safronovas of Klaip\u0117da University will attend the event; his insights into the history and memory of the Klaip\u0117da Region consistently attract great attention. The initiator of the exhibition, Edita Valin\u010dien\u0117, a native of \u0160ilut\u0117 and head of the public institution \u201cRaudonos plytos\u201d, will also participate. The event will include a presentation of the exhibition and a short lecture with discussion.<br\/>\u201cRed bricks are a symbol for us. Through them we tell stories not only about buildings but also about the culture of the Klaip\u0117da Region, the reasons for its distinctiveness, historical turning points, and people\u2019s destinies\u2014especially after 1945, when the cultural continuity in the region was essentially disrupted,\u201d says Edita Valin\u010dien\u0117 (Va\u0161kaityt\u0117), originally from \u0160ilut\u0117. <br\/>The photographs capture public red-brick buildings of the Klaip\u0117da Region\u2014schools, Lutheran churches, railway stations, post offices\u2014which today are often disappearing, yet remain important witnesses to what was lost and what can still be understood. \u201cBuildings often outlast people; therefore, through them we can tell stories that we do not always find in books,\u201d notes the initiator of the exhibition. Many of the photographs feature red-brick buildings located in the \u0160ilut\u0117 district.  <br\/>Historian Prof. Vasilijus Safronovas, who will speak at the opening event, will help visitors view the architecture of the Klaip\u0117da Region as a mirror of the region\u2019s historical experience: \u201cFired clay brick is generally a witness to a thousand-year-old construction tradition that began in ancient civilizations. In the Klaip\u0117da Region, it connects us with the era when this region, during the Second Industrial Revolution, became part of a state that before the First World War turned into the world\u2019s second-largest force in terms of production. Red-brick buildings also testify to what happened and continues to happen in the region after 1945\u2014rejection, neglect, and a lack of understanding of value on the one hand, and appreciation, interest (sometimes superficial, yet still), and attachment on the other.\u201d<br\/>E. Valin\u010dien\u0117 emphasizes that today, as historic buildings continue to be lost and the region\u2019s identity is often simplified, speaking about heritage becomes a matter of responsibility.  <br\/>\u201cIf we still do not understand what red-brick buildings mean in the Klaip\u0117da Region and what stories they carry, we risk losing not only the architecture but also the ability to fully understand the Klaip\u0117da Region,\u201d says E. Valin\u010dien\u0117.<br\/>The exhibition is initiated by the non-governmental organization public institution \u201cRaudonos plytos\u201d, which operates on a voluntary basis and educates the public about the culture of the Klaip\u0117da Region, strengthening historical and cultural awareness, regional identity, and responsibility for the preservation of cultural heritage.<br\/>The photography exhibition \u201cRed Bricks of the Klaip\u0117da Region\u201d (Raudonos Klaip\u0117dos kra\u0161to plytos) at the \u0160ilut\u0117 Hugo Scheu Museum (\u0160ilut\u0117s Hugo \u0160ojaus muziejus), Lietuvinink\u0173 St. 4, \u0160ilut\u0117 (Lietuvinink\u0173 g. 4, \u0160ilut\u0117), will run until February 27. The opening event will take place on February 4 (Wednesday) at 5:30 PM.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 4 at 5:30 PM, the opening of the photography exhibition \u201cRed Bricks of the Klaip\u0117da Region\u201d (Raudonos Klaip\u0117dos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siluteinfo.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}