Shtetl of the Week: Marijampolė

This week, I invite to explore the Jewish history and street art of Marijampolė in the photo gallery and to meet Israëlis ‘Izis’ Bidermanas – the famous Paris photographer who grew up in this southern Lithuanian shtetl. About Marijampolė Marijampolė in early 1900s Marijampolė was first mentioned in 1667 and now is home to 36,076ContinueContinue reading “Shtetl of the Week: Marijampolė”