Obj. ID: 45828
Modern Jewish Art Temporary Monument to Righteous Among the Nations in Vilnius, Lithuania, 2018
Memorial name
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
Righteous Among the Nations in Lithuania
Description:
The monument is located near Ono Šimaites Street (Ono Šimaites is one of the Righteous Among the Nations who rescued Jews from the Vilnius Ghetto) and near the Missionaries Monastery, which was the site of the final selection on the last day of the annihilation of the Vilnius Ghetto on September 23, 1943.
A black polished marble stele bears identical inscriptions in Lithuanian, English, and Yiddish on its upper part. Underneath, there are the Star of David and the coat of arms of Lithuania.
Inscriptions:
In Lithuanian:
Šioje vietoje bus pastatytas paminklas
pasaulio tautų teisuoliams - žydų gelbėtojams
nacių okupuotoje Lietuvoje
In English:
A monument to Righteous Among the Nations,
who rescued Jews in Nazi-occupied Lithuania,
will be built at this site
In Yiddish:
אויף אָט-דעח [דעם] אָרט וועט אויפגעשטעלט ווערן
אַ דענקמאָל לכבוד די צדיקי-אומות-העולם,
וואָס האָבן געראַטעוועט ייִדן אין דער נאַצי-אָקופירטער ליטע
Commissioned by:
Faina Kukliansky, the chairwoman of the Jewish community of Lithuania.
3 image(s)
sub-set tree:
| at the hill near Maironio and Onos Šimaitės (the former Kūdrų) Streets
The memorial was unveiled on September 21, 2018, in the presence of the chairwoman of the Jewish community of Lithuania, Faina Kukliansky, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, the mayor of Vilnius Remigijus Šimašius, the Catholic Archbishop of Vilnius Gintaras Grušas, and others.
Guzenberg, Irina, Vilnius: Sites of Jewish Memory. A Concise Guide. Second revised and supplemented edition. Trans. Svetlana Shatalova (Vilnius: Pavilniai Publishers, 2019)., 85.
Kukliansky, Faina, "On the Need for a Monument to Lithuanian Rescuers of Jews," Website of the Jewish Community of Lithuania, September 26, 2016, https://www.lzb.lt/en/2016/09/26/on-the-need-for-a-monument-to-lithuanian-rescuers-of-jews/ (accessed January 26, 2023)
"Lithuanian Jewish Community Wants Rescuers Commemorated," Website of the Jewish Community of Lithuania, February 7, 2016, https://www.lzb.lt/en/2016/02/07/lithuanian-jewish-community-wants-rescuers-commemorated/ (accessed January 26, 2023)
"Stele Unveiled for Jewish Rescuers at Monastery of the Missionaries in Vilnius," Website of the Jewish Community of Lithuania, September 24, 2018, https://www.lzb.lt/en/2018/09/24/stele-unveiled-for-jewish-rescuers-at-monastery-of-the-missionaries-in-vilnius/ (accessed January 25, 2023)