Obj. ID: 46054
Modern Jewish Art Monument to Soviet Prisoners of War in the Paneriai Memorial, Lithuania, 1995
To the main object: Paneriai Memorial in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 1948 to 2015
Memorial name
Monument to Soviet Prisoners of War.
Although not commemorating the Holocaust, this monument is an integral part of the Paneriai memorial complex.
Who is Commemorated?
The around 5,000 Soviet POWs murdered in Ponary
Description:
The monument is a large rock standing on a concrete base. A granite plaque with a Lithuanian inscription is attached to its upper part.
Inscription:
Šiuose apkasuose
1941 metais nuo ligų ir bado
mirė 7514 įvairių tautybių
Raudonosios armijos karių –
karo belaisvių
Translation: In these trenches, in 1941, Red Army soldiers - prisoners of war of various nationalities died of disease and hunger
Commissioned by
The Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum
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The monument was erected on the initiative of the long-time head of Paneriai museum, Algis Karosas, on the 50th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in 1995.
An information plaque from 2018 corrects the inscription on the stone, stating that “it is assumed that some 5,000 POWs could have been killed here.”
Guzenberg, Irina, Vilnius: Traces of the Jewish Jerusalem of Lithuania. Memorable Sites of Jewish History and Culture. A Guidebook (Vilnius: Pavilniai, 2021)., 739.
Website of The Paneriai Memorial of Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum, "Monument to soldiers of the Soviet Army," https://www.paneriumemorialas.lt/en/paminklas-sovietu-karo-belaisviams-m5/., https://www.paneriumemorialas.lt/en/objektai/ (accessed January 25, 2023)