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  Monument in memory of martyrs and fighters of the Vilnius ghetto in Vilnius, Lithuania, 1993

© Sergey Kravtsov, Photographer: Kravtsov, Sergey, 2018

Who is Commemorated?

The martyrs and fighters of The Vilnius ghetto

Description:

The monument is located in front of Building 3, Mėsinių Street, in Ghetto Victims' Square. All houses at the site were part of the ghetto and were demolished after World War II.

The monument itself is a low granite square column facing Mėsinių St. and is approached by three steps. It upper part bears the Star of David, and identical inscriptions in Yiddish and Lithuanian are located in the lower part. Another Lithuanian inscription is placed on the column's base.

Inscriptions:

In Yiddish

צום אנדענק
די מארטירער
און קעמפער פון
ווילנער געטא

1943 - 1941

Translation: In memory / of the martyrs / and fighters of / Vilnius ghetto / 1941-1943

In Lithuanian:

 

Vilniaus geto
kankinių ir
kovotojų
atminimui

Translation: In memory of the Vilnius ghetto martyrs and fighters.

 

On the base, in Lithuanian:

Geto aukų aikštė

Translation: Ghetto Victims' Square

Commissioned by

Financed by the Vilnius municipality (Guzenberg 2013).

Summary and Remarks
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Name/Title
Monument in memory of martyrs and fighters of the Vilnius ghetto in Vilnius | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Public street or square
Ghetto
{"3":"So-called by the Nazis to designate an enclosed area of enforced settlement of Jews within a previously built area in the city or town."}
Date
1993
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
Artist/ Maker
Mačionienė, Živilė (architect)
{"4561":"Lithuanian. Born 21 November 1933 in Utena.https:\/\/lt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/\u017divil\u0117_Antanina_Ma\u010dionien\u0117"}
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
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Congregation
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Location
Lithuania | Vilnius County | Vilnius
| Mėsinių St., opposite house 3
Site
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Granite
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Measurements
Height
145 cm
Length
Width
45 cm
Depth
Circumference
Thickness
27 cm
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Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
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Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
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Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
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Arrangement of Seats
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Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
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Colophon
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Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance

The monument was inaugurated on September 23, 1993, the 50th anniversary of the annihilation of the Vilnius ghetto.

Pope Francis, during his visit to Lithuania, silently prayed at this monument on September 23, 2018

Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources

Agranovskii, Genrikh and Irina Guzenberg. Vilnius: Po sledam Litovskogo Ierusalima. Pamiatnye mesta ereiskoi istorii i kul’tury, 2nd ed. (Vilnius: The Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum, 2016)., 168.

Guzenberg, Irina, Vilnius: Traces of the Jewish Jerusalem of Lithuania. Memorable Sites of Jewish History and Culture. A Guidebook (Vilnius: Pavilniai, 2021)., 174.

Guzenberg, Irina. Vilnius: Pamiatnye mesta evreiskoi istorii i kul'tury (Vilnius: Pavilniai, 2013)., 63.

Jakulytė-Vasil, Milda. Lithuanian Holocaust Atlas (Vilnius: VIlna Gaon State Jewish Museum, 2011), 297.

Levinson, Yosif, Skausmo knyga. The Book of Sorrow. Dos bukh fun veytik. Sefer ha-keev (Vilnius: VAGA Publishers, 1997)., 55.
Type
Documenter
Vladimir Levin, Aistė Niunkaitė Račiūnienė | 2022
Author of description
Vladimir Levin | 2023
Architectural Drawings
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Computer Reconstruction
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Section Head
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Language Editor
Adam Frisch | 2023
Donor
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