Obj. ID: 52879
Modern Jewish Art Memorial to JDC and the ghetto in Panevėžys, Lithuania, 2014
Memorial Name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
The former Joint Street (originally Džointo gatve) whis was part of the Panevėžys Ghetto
Description:
The monument is situated in the central part of Panevėžys, at J. Zikaras Street.
The monument is made of two black granite steles with a small square plaque connecting them. The steles stand on a low granite base. Both steles bear inscriptions: the left one in English and the right one in Lithuanian. The small plaque bears the emblem of the JDC and the dates.
Inscriptions
On the square plaque:
1914 JDC 2014
On the left stele:
English:
At this place in 1923
the American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee
(JDC) foundead a residential
area. Panevėžys City
Council named the street
Džointo in honor of
the organisation.
In July-August 1941
the block was turned into
a ghetto.
If there is a poor person
among you, one of your
brothers within any of your
gates in the land the Lord
your God is giving you, you
you must not be hardhearted
or tightfisted toward your
poor brother.
(Torah Deuteronomy, 15,7-8)
Lithuanian:
Įioje vietoje 1923 m.
Amerikos žydų labdaros
organizacija Joint (JDC)
įkūrė gyvenamųjų namų
kvartalą. Organizacijos
garbei Panevėžio miesto
taryba gatvei suteikė
Džointo vardą. 1941 m.
liepos-rugpjūčio mėnesiais
kvartas buvo paverstas
getu.
Nebūk kietaširdis ir
neužgniaužk savo rankos
prieš beturtį artimą, verčiau
ištiesk ranką ir noriai jam
skolink, ko tik jis stokoja.
(Įst. 15,7-8)
On the back side of the monument:
English:
Sponsored by:
Good Will Foundation;
American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee (JDC);
Panevėžys Jewish Revival
Suport Foundation;
Jurij and Svetlana Grafman.
Lithuanian:
Rėmėjai:
Geros valios fondas;
Amerikos žydų labdaros
organizacija (JDC);
Panevėžio žydų atgimimo
labdaros fondas;
Jurij ir Svetlana Grafman.
Commissioned by
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
12 image(s)
sub-set tree:
Square plaque: 30 cm
Whole monument: width 140 cm, base: hight 37 cm, depth 34 cm
After WWI, the territory around the present monument was designated for building housing for the Jews that was made with the support of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). In 1923, the street was named Džonto (Joint) Street. During WWII, this street became part of the territory of the Panevėžys ghetto.
The monument was probably erected in 2014 or 2015, commemorating the centenary of the JDC.