Lithuania delivers letters 50 years after they were posted

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A letter sent to Lithuanian woman Genowefa Klonowska around 50 years ago in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Jan 25, 2022.

VILNIUS - A letter written to a 12-year old girl in Lithuania was delivered in December, almost 51 years after it was sent by a pen pal in Poland.

"The workers suggested we throw the old letters away, but I called the post office instead", said Jurgis Vilutis, the owner of the building. "I'm so happy they got interested". Street names and their numbering have changed in Vilnius, and post office workers spent months looking for the right houses and talking to current tenants and neighbours, tracking down where the recipients moved to.

"One lady compared the experience to receiving a message from a bottle thrown into sea. People were emotional. Some felt they saw a part of daily life of their deceased parents", Zebrauskaite said.

 

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