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Obj. ID: 45578
Jewish Funerary Art
  Memorial to the teachers of the Vilnius Ghetto in the Third (Šeškinė) Jewish Cemetery in Vilnius, 1992

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Levin, Vladimir, 2022

Who is Commemorated?

Teachers who perished in the Vilnius ghetto.

Description:

The monument is located in the first row of graves of the people who died in the Vilnius Ghetto, near the central pathway of the cemetery.

The original monument, erected in 1992, contained two granite slabs in the form of a torn book. Two marble plaques with Yiddish and Lithuanian inscriptions were placed in front of the slabs. (See a photograph in Levinson 1997, 91).

In 2015 the monument was modified and the inscriptions changed. At the time of this writing (2022) both slabs are lying one next to the other, still in the form of a book, and a single plaque with Yiddish and Lithuanian inscriptions is situated above them.

Inscriptions:

Original inscriptions of 1992:

In Lithuanian:

Žydų mokytojams
žuvusiems
Vilniaus gete
1941 – 1944

Translation: To Jewish teachers who perished in the Vilnius Ghetto, 1941 – 1944.

In Yiddish:

צום אנדענק פאר
די יידישע לערער,
וועלכע זיינען
אומגעקומין אין
ווילנער געטא

Translation: In memory of the Jewish teachers, who perished in the Vilnius Ghetto.

 

Inscriptions made in 2015:

In Yiddish:

צום אייביקען אָ‎נדענק
פון די אומגעקומענע לערער
פון ווילנער געטאָ

Translation: For eternal memory / of the perished teachers / of the Vilnius Ghetto.

In Lithuanian:

Amžinam Vilniaus gete
žuvusių mokyktojų atminimui

Translation: In eternal memory of the teachers / who perished in Vilnius Ghetto.

 

Commissioned by

The State Jewish Museum, funded by Vilnius Jewish businessmen (Guzenberg 2013, 69).

Summary and Remarks
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Name/Title
Memorial to the teachers of the Vilnius Ghetto in the in the Third (Šeškinė) Jewish Cemetery in Vilnius | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Date
1992
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction dates
2015
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
Unknown
Location
Lithuania | Vilnius County | Vilnius
| 28 Sudervės kelias St, Šeškinė
Site
Unknown
School/Style
Unknown|
Period
Period Detail
Collection
Unknown |
Documentation / Research project
Unknown
Iconographical Subject
B | Book
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Textual Content
Languages of inscription
Shape / Form
Material / Technique
Granite
Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
Material Additions
Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
Density
Colors
Construction material
Measurements
84 x 77 cm
height above the ground - 55 cm
Height
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Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
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Condition of Building Fabric
Architectural Significance type
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
Codicology
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Number of Lines
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Pricking
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Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
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Denomination
Signature
Colophon
Scribal Notes
Watermark
Hallmark
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Group
Group
Group
Group
Trade Mark
Binding
Decoration Program
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance

The monument was erected on the initiative of the State Jewish Museum and funded by Jewish businessmen of Vilnius. It was unveiled on October 2, 1992.

In 2015, the monument was modified on the initiative of the Lithuanian Jewish Community and financed by it.

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)., 688.

Guzenberg, Irina, Vilnius: Traces of the Jewish Jerusalem of Lithuania. Memorable Sites of Jewish History and Culture. A Guidebook (Vilnius: Pavilniai, 2021)., 704.

Guzenberg, Irina. Vilnius: Pamiatnye mesta evreiskoi istorii i kul'tury (Vilnius: Pavilniai, 2013)., 69.

Levinson, Yosif, Skausmo knyga. The Book of Sorrow. Dos bukh fun veytik. Sefer ha-keev (Vilnius: VAGA Publishers, 1997)., 51.
Type
Documenter
Vladimir Levin, Milda Jakulytė | 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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Negative/Photo. No.
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