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© Milda Jakulytė, Photographer: Jakulytė, Milda, October 2022 , (Negative/Photo.:   A627459)

Memorial Name

Kavarsko žydų žudynių vieta ir kapas - Mass killing site and grave of Kavarskas Jews.

Who is Commemorated?

15-20 Kavarskas Jews murdered at this site.

Description:

The monument is situated on the killing site surrounded by concrete posts, which once had metal chains between them.

The monument is a granite stele attached to a concrete stele. A Yiddish inscription occupies its central part; beneath it, there is a Lithuanian inscription. A star of David is depicted in the upper part of the stele. 

Inscription:

Yiddish:

אויף דעם ארט האבן די
היטלערישע רוצחים און
זייערע ארטיקע באהעלפער
אין 1941 געמארדעט
קאווארסקער יידן -
מענער, פרויען, קינדער

Translation: At this place, / Hitlerite murderers and / their local helpers, / in 1941, murdered / the Jews of Kavarskas, / men, women, children.

Lithuanian:

Tebūnie šventas jų atminimas

Translation: May their memory remain sacred

Commissioned by

The Lithuanian Jewish Community

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Holocaust memorial near Kavarskas hamlet/khutor | Unknown
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1990s
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Lithuania | Utena County | Kavarskas
| Laukai St. Kavarskas hamlet/khutor
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