Img. ID: 564249
Memorial Name
Joniškio žydų žudynių vieta ir kapas II - Mass killing site and grave no. 2 of Joniškis Jews.
Who is Commemorated?
85 Joniškis Jewish women and children murdered at this site.
Description:
The monument is situated on the killing site and is surrounded by a metal fence.
The monument is a lmetal 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:
אויף דעם אָרט האָבן די היטלערישע רוצחים
און זייערע אָרטיגקע באהעלפער
דעם 24. 07. 1941 דערמאָרדעט בערך 85 יידישע
פרויען און קינדער
הייליק איז דער אָנדענק
Translation: In this place, Hitler’s murderers and their local helpers murdered about 85 Jewish women and children on July 24, 1941. The memory is sacred.
Lithuanian:
Šioje vietoje hitlerininkai galvažudžiai
ir jų vietiniai pagalbininkai 1941. 07. 24
nužudė apie 85 žydų: vyrų, moterų, vaikų.
Tebūnie šventas jų atminimas
Translation: At this place Hitler’s henchmen / and their local helpers on July 24, 1941 / murdered about 85 Jews – men, women and children. / May their memory remain sacred
Commissioned by
The Lithuanian Jewish Community