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Obj. ID: 44166
  Memorials  Holocaust Memorial near the church in Zarasai, Lithuania

© Vladimir Levin, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, 4.2022

Memorial Name

No official name

Who/What is Commemorated?

Jews of Zarasai and the surrounding murdered at Krakynė forest.

Description:

A gray granite stele stands in the central park of Zarasai, near the church and the sculpture "Metamorfozis."

It bears a Star of David and the identical inscriptions in Lithuanian, Hebrew, and English. The only difference is that the Hebrew inscriptions contains a phrase used when mentioning killed people, May God revenge their blood. 

Inscription:

In Lithuanian:

Tūkstančiams Zarasų miesto
ir apylinkių žydų, Lietuvos piliečių –
vaikų, moterų, vyrų,
nužudytų Krakynės miške
(1941-08-26) atminimui 

In Hebrew:

לזכר אלפי יהודי זאראסיי והסביבה,
אזרחי ליטא - ילדים, נשים וגברים,
אשר נרצחו ביער קראקינה ב-26.8.1941
הי"ד

In English:

In the memory of thousands of Jews
of Zarasai and its surroundings,
citizens of Lithuania - 
children, women, and men,
murdered in the Krakynė forest
on August 26, 1941

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Summary and Remarks
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Name/Title
Holocaust Memorial near the church in Zarasai | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Public park
{"9":"Any memorial erected or installed in a present-day public park, including Jewish cemeteries or other sites now operated as public space."}
Date
2010s (?)
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Unknown
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Lithuania | Utena County | Zarasai
| D. Bukonto St., near the Chruch of St. Mary's Ascention
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Unknown
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Granite
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Documenter
Vladimir Levin, Milda Jakulytė | April 2022
Author of description
Vladimir Levin | 2026
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