Img. ID: 444461

Memorial name

Memorial to the First Victims of the Nazi Occupation.

Who is Commemorated?

60 VIlnius residents, most of them Jews, shot in July 1941.

Description:

The monument is an uneven high stone narrowing in its upper part, only two sides of the stone are straight, stressing the angle between them. The left side, which bears an inscription in Lithuanian, is not polished and has vertical “passes.” The right side is polished and bears an inscription in Lithuanian and in Yiddish. The inscriptions on the both sides are made in the lower third of the stone, on a straight-cut surface.

Inscriptions:

Left side, in Lithuanian:

Masinių žudynių

Čia 1941 m. liepą nacistai sušaudė
ir užkasė per šešiasdešimt
Vilniaus gyventojų – dauguma jų
buvo žydų tautybės

Translation: Mass murder. / Here, in July 1941, the Nazis shot / and buried 60 / residents of Vilnius – most of them / were of Jewish nationality.

Right side, in Lithuanian:

Aukų kapavietė

Translation: Graveyard of the victims

Right side, in Yiddish:

דאָ האָבן די נאציס אין יולי 1941
דערשאָסן מער ווי זעכציק ווילנער איַיַנוווינער –
די גרעסטע טייל פון זיי זיינען געווען ייִדן

Translation: Here, in July 1941, the Nazis / shot more than 60 residents of Vilnius – / the largest part of them were Jews.

Commissioned by:

The Genocide and Resistance Research Center of Lithuania, together with Vilnius municipality.