Img. ID: 564214
Memorial Name
Vyžuonų mstl. žydų žudynių vieta ir kapas - Mass killing site and the grave of Vyžuonos town Jews.
Who is Commemorated?
Vyžuonos Jews murdered at this site.
Description:
The monument is situated on the killing site. The site is not fenced.
The monument is a granite stele. A Yiddish inscription occupies its central part; beneath it, there is a Lithuanian inscription. A Star of David is depicted in the upper part of the stele.
Inscription:
Yiddish:
צום אָדענק
די וויזשונער יידן,
וועלכע די נאציס און זיערע
אָרטיקע באהעלפער האָבן דא
אומגעבראכט אין 1941
Translation: In memory of the Jews of Vizhun, whom the Nazis and their local helpers murdered here in 1941.
Lithuanian:
Vyžuonų žydams,
kuriuos nacistai ir jų
vietiniai talkininkai
nužudė 1941 m., atminti
Translation: In memory of the Jews of Vyžuonos, whom the Nazis and their local helpers murdered in 1941.
Commissioned by
[to be determined]