Memorial Name
Geto vartai - Gates of the Ghetto
Who is Commemorated?
Victims of the Panevėžys Ghetto
Description:
The monument is situated in the central part of Panevėžys, at the crossing of Klaipėda and Krekenava Streets.
The monument is made in the form of a gate: two higher granite posts represent a gateway and two lower granite slabs represent the walls. Identical Lithuanian and Yiddish inscriptions appear on the "walls." A lying stele with the map of the Panevežys ghetto and a Star of David is placed in front of the "gate."
Inscriptions
Yiddish:
אויף דעם טעריטאריע
איז פון VII.7 ביזן VIII.17
1941 געווען די
יידישע געטא
Translation: On this territory, / from July 7 to August 17, / 1941, was / a Jewish ghetto.
Lithuanian:
1941 metų liepos 7 -
rugpjūčio 17 dienomis
šioje teritorijoje buvo
žydų getas
Translation: In 1941, July 7 / August 17 / this territory was / a Jewish ghetto
Commissioned by
The Lithuanian Jewish community