Img. ID: 455225

Memorial Name

No official name

Who is Commemorated?

Jews of Zilupe murdered on this site.

Description:

The monument stands in a forest, about 100 meters from the road, on the mass grave of Zilupe Jews, which is marked by a concrete frame. A wooden staircase leads from the road to the mass grave. The stele of red granite bears a five-pointed star and Latvian and Russian inscriptions mentioning “peaceful inhabitants.” It is identical to the memorial stele in the Jewish cemetery in Ludza (see here). The back side of the stele is painted white.

In 2009, an additional monument was erected on this site, see: 

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Inscription

Latvian:

Šeit 1941 g.
vacu fašisti masveidīgi
iznīcināja Zilupes
mierīgos iedzīvotājus

Translation: Here, in 1941, German Fascists massively destroyed the peaceful inhabitants of Zilupe

Russian:

Здесь в 1941 г.
происходило массовое
уничтожение мирных жителей
гор. Зилупе
немецкими фашистами

Translation: Here, in 1941, took place the mass destruction of the peaceful inhabitants of the city of Ludza by the German Fascists.

Commissioned by

The authorities of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (to be confirmed)