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Memorial name

Paneriai Memorial (Panerių memorialas)

Who is Commemorated?

The Jews and other victims of the Nazis murdered in Paneriai.

Description:

The Paneriai memorial complex or park is situated in a forest which served as a mass murder site between 1941 and 1944.

The first monument, erected in 1948, was demolished by the Soviet authorities between 1949 and 1952.

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Currently (as of 2023), the memorial complex consists of the following monuments and memorial sites:

Inscription “Panerių memorialas” (Translation: Paneriai Memorial) carved in stone at the entrance to the memorial park (1985, arch, Jaunutis Makariūnas, see the main photo);

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Monument to Soviet Prisoners of War (see here) 

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Monument to the Lithuanians (see here)

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Monument to the Soldiers of the Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force (see here)

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Monument to the Poles (see here)

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Monument to Enzis Jagomastas and his family (see here)

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Commissioned by

Jewish community of Vilnius (1948), The Soviet state (1960s and 1980s), the Jewish community of Lithuania, the State Jewish Museum and other bodies after 1989-1990 (see descriptions of each monument).