Img. ID: 444820
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.
| at the hill near Maironio and Onos Šimaitės (the former Kūdrų) Streets