Obj. ID: 52765
Jewish Funerary Art Holocaust memorial near Vyžuonos, Lithuania, 2008
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
60 Vyžuonos Jews murdered at this site.
Description:
The monument is situated in approximate place of the killing site.
The monument is a field stone, in the middle part of it there is a text in Lithuanian
Inscription:
Lithuanian:
1941 m.
čia sušaudyta
60 Vyžuonų žydų. Lukniai
Translation: In 1941 /were shot here / 60 Jews of Vyžuonos. Lukniai
Commissioned by
Lukniai village Community
Summary and Remarks
Remarks
4 image(s)
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Name/Title
Holocaust memorial near Vyžuonos | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Date
2008
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Field stone
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0
Ornamentation
Custom
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History/Provenance
In the summer of 1941 in the forest near Lukniai village, white armbanders shot 18 to 20 Jews.
The monument was erected by the community of Lukniai village in 2008.
Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources
Jakulytė-Vasil, Milda. Lithuanian Holocaust Atlas (Vilnius: VIlna Gaon State Jewish Museum, 2011), p. 259.
Type
Documenter
Milda Jakulytė | 2022
Author of description
Milda Jakulytė | 2023
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Object Copyright
Negative/Photo. No.
The following information on this monument will be completed: