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Who is Commemorated?

Anykščiai Jews murdered in the Holocaust.

Description:

The monument is located in the second row back from the central walkway of the cemetery. It is a square marble plaque set within a concrete frame. On the plaque, a Star of David is depicted above a Hebrew inscription.

Inscription:

העצמות הקדושים שנהרגו
על קידוש השם ע"י הפשיסטים י"ש [יימח שמם]
ונקברו בעיר אניקשט בשנת תש"א
ובשנת תשכ"ט עצמותיהם
העבירו לעיר ווילנא ונקברו
על בית עלמין החדש מווילנא זי"ע [זכותם יגן עלינו]
תנצבה
המתעסקים בהקמת המצבה
היו שארית הפלטה מעיר אניקשט

Translation: Bones of the martyrs who were murdered / for the sanctification of the God’s name by the Fascists, may their names be blotted out / and buried in the city of Anykščiai in the year 1941 / and in the year 1969, their bones / transferred to the city of Vilnius and interred / in the New Cemetery of Vilnius, may their virtue stand us in good stead. / May their souls be bound in the bundle of life. / Those who erected the tombstone / were the last Jews from the city of Anykščiai.

Commissioned by

Holocaust survivors from the city of Anykščiai