Img. ID: 491352
Memorial Name
Biržų žydų - holokausto aukų kapas - The grave of Holocaust victims of Biržai Jews
Who is Commemorated?
2,400 Jews of Biržai and other places in the district murdered at this site.
Description:
The monument is situated on the killing site. The area of the killing pit is a raised earthen embankment. It is accessible by steps and the platform is paved with tiles.
A large fieldstone stands at the far edge of the platform. A brown granite plaque with inscriptions in Yiddish and Lithuanian is affixed to it. The Star of David is depicted above the inscription.
Shrubs planted around the monument almost overshadow it.
A new Holocaust monument was erected nearby in 2019:
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Inscription:
Yiddish:
אויף דעם אׇרט האׇבן די
היטלערישע רוצחים און
זייערע ארטיקע באהעלפער
דעם 08.VIII.1941 דערמאׇרדעט
איבער 2400 יידן –
מענער, פרויען, קינדער
און בערך 90 ליטווינער
Translation: On this place, / the Hitlerite murderers and / their local helpers, / on August 8, 1941, murdered / more than 2,400 Jews - / men, women, children / and about 90 Lithuanians.
Lithuanian:
Šiose vietojs hitleriniai budeliai ir jų talkininkai 1941.VIII. 08.
nužudė apie 2400 žydų – vyrų, moterų, vaikų ir apie 90 lietuvių
Translation: At these places, Hitler’s executioners and their helpers murdered about 2,400 Jews – men, women, and children – on August 8, 1941, and about 90 Lithuanians.
Commissioned by
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic