Img. ID: 564241
Memorial Name
Joniškio žydų žudynių vieta ir kapas I - Mass killing site and grave no. 1 of Joniškis Jews.
Who is Commemorated?
70 Joniškis Jewish men murdered at this site.
Description:
The monument is situated on the killing site and is surrounded by a metal fence.
The monument is a metal plaque. 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 plaque.
Inscription:
Yiddish:
דא, אויף דעם ארט האבן די נאצי-רוצחים און
זעיירע מיטהעלפער דעם 24. 07. 1941
גרויזאם אומגעבראכט בערך 70 יידישע מענער
הייליק איז דער אנדענק פון
אומשולדיקע קורבנות
Translation: Here, in this place, the Nazi murderers and their helpers brutally killed about 70 Jewish men on July 24, 1941. Sacred is the memory of innocent victims.
Lithuanian:
Šioje vietoje hitleriniai galvažudžiai
ir jų vietiniai pagalbininkai
1941. 07. 24 nužudė apie 70 žydų vyrų.
Tebūnie šventas jų atminimas
Translation: At this place Hitler’s murderers / and their local helpers / on July 24, 1941, murdered about 70 Jewish men. / May their memory remain sacred
Commissioned by
The Lithuanian Jewish Community