Img. ID: 564255
Memorial Name
Who is Commemorated?
Approximate 20 Giedraičiai Jewish men were murdered at this site.
Description:
The monument is situated on the killing site.
The monument is made from wood, and resembles traditional Lithuanian roofed pole or roofed pillar. A Yiddish inscription occupies its central part; beneath it, there is a Lithuanian inscription. A Star of David is depicted on a side of the plaque, next to the Yiddish inscription.
Inscription:
Yiddish:
דא, אויף דעם ארט,
האבן די נאצי-רוצחים
און זעיירע מיטהעלפער
1941. VIII אין [!]
דערמארדעת [דערמארדעט]
בערך 30 יידישע מענער
Translation: Here, at this place, / Hitlerite murderers / and their helpers, / in August 1941, / murdered / about 30 Jewish men.
Lithuanian:
Šioje vietoje nacistiniai budeliai ir jų vietiniai talkininkai
1941 m. VIII nužudė 30 žydų vyrų.
Translation: Here, at this spot, Nazi henchmen and their local collaborators /on 1941 VIII murdered about 30 Jewish men
Commissioned by
The Lithuanian Jewish Community