Obj. ID: 46055
Memorials Mass Killing Pit (1) in the Paneriai Memorial, Lithuania, 1985
To the main object: Paneriai Memorial in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 1948 to 2015
Memorial name
Mass killing pit.
Who is Commemorated?
People killed here by the Nazis.
Description:
A pit with well-preserved embankment structures is located in the northwestern part of the memorial complex.
The memorial is a twelve-faceted polygon made of granite that surrounds the pit. A commemorative granite block is situated to the right of the polygon as one approaches and bears identical Lithuanian and Russian inscriptions.
Inscriptions:
In Lithuanian:
Čia
hitleriniai okupantai
degino iš žudynių vietų
iškastus lavonus
In Russian:
Здесь
гитлеровские
оккупанты сжигали
выкопанные трупы
Translation: Here Hitler’s occupiers burned unearthed corpses [from the killing sites].
According to an information plaque, the inscription is not quite accurate, since exhumed bodies were burned at special sites next to each pit.
Commissioned by
Paneriai Memorial
8 image(s)
sub-set tree:
Commemorative stone:
Website of The Paneriai Memorial of Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, "Mass killing pit," https://www.paneriumemorialas.lt/en/masiniu-zudyniu-duobe-d11-rubu/., https://www.paneriumemorialas.lt/en/objektai/ (accessed January 25, 2023)