Img. ID: 526787

Memorial Name

No official name

Who is Commemorated?

Liepāja Jews murdered at the site in September and December 1941 and in February 1942.

Description:

The monument is placed on a forested hill overlooking the sea beach where the murder took place. It is a concrete obelisk painted white standing on a black base which is placed on a pyramidal pedestal made of boulders. The territory around the obelisk is paved by bricks and fenced.

The obelisk is divided into six horizontal parts. A Latvian inscription appears on a stylized shield on the southern facet of the obelisk and occupies its three lower parts. An identical Russian inscription appears on the northern facet. Both are topped by a red five-pointed star. Larger five-pointed red stars of elongated form appear on the northern and southern facets of the upper part of the obelisk.

In 2005, the old monument was supplemented by a larger new Menorah Memorial:

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Inscriptions:

Latvian:

Šeit 1941–1945 g.
hitleriskie iebrucēji
zvēriski nogalināja
vaipāk nekā 19000
Lielpājas pilsētas
iedzīvotājus

Mūžīga piemiņa
padomju
patriotiem!

Translation: Here, in 1941–1945, Hitler’s invaders brutally killed more than 19,000 inhabitants of the city of Lielpāja. Eternal memory for Soviet patriots!

Здесь в 1941–45 гг.
гитлеровские захватчики
зверски убили более 19000
жителей города Лиепая

Вечная память
советским
патриотам!

Translation: Here, in 1941–1945, Hitler’s occupiers brutally killed more than 19,000 inhabitants of the city of Lielpāja. Eternal memory for Soviet patriots!

Commissioned by

The authorities of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic