Antanas Sabaniauskas “Tukstanciai Ziedu“ 1933

“A Thousand Blossoms“ One family’s photos from pre-WWII Lithuania (Rokiskis district). When the Russians occupied Lithuania the family was dispersed. Some fled West, some were killed in the hostilities, and some were exiled to Siberia. Antanas Sabaniauskas Lithuania’s leading pop tenor, whose music was played throughout Europe, a wonderful and big-hearted man who died in obscurity, reviled by his government. The tragedy of Sabaniauskas life, parallels the tragedy of Lithuania. Occupied by the Russi