Irena Veisaitė: 1928.1.9 – 2020.12.11
We are bereft at the loss of Irena, our mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend. Irena was extraordinary in so many ways: her searing intellect, her unquenchable enthusiasm for life and her love of humanity. She lived with kindness, passion and integrity and we will continue to be inspired by her memory.
At this difficult time we remember how Irena enjoyed bringing together the people she knew and loved. So we offer you this space to share your memories and write your tributes, read the words of other friends and feel at one with her and with us.
Įrašai / Tributes
Irena Veisaitė will always be remembered as an exceptional voice of tolerance, empathy and optimism in Lithuania and among her many friends at the U.S. Embassy. Her passing is a tremendous loss. As a Holocaust survivor she used her devastating ... Read More
US Ambassador to Lithuania – Robert S Gilchrist
I want to pay tribute to my long time friend and collaborator, Irena Veisaitė. We knew each other for thirty years, we were close in age and had similar wartime experiences—as teenagers we both survived the ravages of Nazism, protected ... Read More
George Soros
Mano pirmas susitikimas su Irena įvyko dar sovietmečiu, tuometinėje konservatorijoje, kur ji dėstė užsienio literatūrą. Labiausiai įsiminė jos paskaitos apie Džovanio Bokačo „Dekameroną“. Ji kalbėjo apie erotiką kaip apie vieną pamatinių žmogiškųjų laisvių - bendrame komunistinio puritonizmo fone tai skambėjo ... Read More
Oskaras Koršunovas
My Dear Alina, I was so devastated to learn the news of the loss of your beautiful, intelligent, thoughtful, inspirational mother. I am so sorry that this wretched disease got the better of her. She wrote such a nice ... Read More
Stephen Smith
Prisiminimai / Messages
Jonathan and Nora
In Vilnius last New Year with my partner searching for my grandfather's family, we visited Irena on a tip from our dear friend Bill M. "She's the wisest person I know," he said. After a few minutes, we told our ... Read More
Ina Marčiulionytė
Miela Irena, neišėjai Tu niekur. Būsi su mumis, mūsų atmintyje visada. Pakvietei padėti Dubrovniko komitetui - iš kurio po to ir išdygo ALF, taip ir liko stiprus ryšys visam gyvenimui. Ir visai nesvarbu, kaip toli aš būdavau, kiekvienas susitikimas - ... Read More
Miša Jakobas
in memorium. '' kai tau yra aštuoniasdešimt ar aštuoniasdešimt penkeri, kaip kam duota,kiekvieną dieną ką nors prarandi-galmybę judėti, prisiminti, veikti ir tai yra naturalu.Tai reikia priimti ,kaip duotybę ir neišvengiamybę, nes, AČIŪ DIEVUI,esame mirtingi. Tai ištrauka iš knygos''AURIMAS ŠVEDAS IRENA ... Read More
Yves Plasseraud and Suzanne Pourchier
The Joy of Knowing Irena Veisaité What a privilege to have been among the friends of such an extraordinary woman, whose life took her through almost a century of Lithuania’s troubled history! Our first encounter with Irena Veisaité. some thirty ... Read More
Daniel Kagan
My lovely aunt, the world lost one of the greats when you passed on. Your determination to make life better for the world at large, bringing to the task your enormous reservoir of brilliance, insight and compassion, was matched only ... Read More
