
Before a cat will condescend
To treat you as a trusted friend,
Some little token of esteem
Is needed, like a dish of cream.
~T.S. Eliot

The fortress was tested by war in 1915, when Germany attacked the Russian Empire: at that time the fortress withstood eleven days of assault before being captured. After the battle, the fortress' military importance declined due to the outmoding of its design by more modern weaponry and it was used for various civil and military purposes. When Lithuania was occupied by Nazi Germany during the Second World War, some surviving portions of the fortress were used for mass executions. Currently some sections of the fortress have been restored to their original form and the IX Fort houses a museum and memorial devoted to the victims of mass executions that took place there during World War II. The 1st of November.
All Saints Day.
I was wandering in the streets of Kaunas.
1000s of candles for the forgotten ones.
We, humans, are nothing. Who cares if we are dead or alive? The ones who are remembered today -- they will be forgotten tomorrow.