Img. ID: 470276
Memorial name
No official name.
Who is Commemorated?
Juozapas Stakauskas, Marija Mikulska, and Vladas Žemaitis: Righteous Among the Nations.
Description:
This plaque is located in the outer courtyard of the former Benedictine convent, near the gate to the inner courtyard.
It is a rectangular granite plaque with three bronze bas-relief portraits of Marija Mikulska, Juozapas Stakauskas, and Vladas Žemaitis, each inscribed with his or her name and the dates of their lives. Above the portraits, a Lithuanian inscription says “Righteous Among the Nations.” Below the portraits, the same phrase is repeated in Hebrew and an additional Lithuanian inscription reads: “Saved Jews from destruction.”
Inscriptions:
Pasalio tautų teisuoliai
Translation: Righteous Among the Nations
מחסידי אומות העולם
Translation: From the Righteous Among the Nations
1941 – 1944 m.
Gelbėję nuo pražūties žydus
Translation: Saved Jews from destruction
On the portraits, from left to right:
Sesuo Maria Mikulska 1903-1994
Kunigas Juozas Stakauskas 1900-1972
Mokytojas Vladas Žemaitis 1900-1980
Commissioned by
Rimantas Stankevičius