Img. ID: 477975
Memorial name
No official name
Who is Commemorated?
Jews murdered by the Nazis in Paneriai.
Description:
The monument was a granite pier standing on a larger granite base. The pier was topped by a granite globe; four similar globes were placed at the four corners of the base. The front side of the pier had a plaque featuring Yiddish with Hebrew and Russian inscriptions. Above the plaque, the monument was decorated with a metal torch.
The monument was surrounded by small piers connected by a chain. Additional fencing enclosed the plot of the monument.
Inscriptions:
In Yiddish with Hebrew:
פאנארי
אייביקער אנדענק
פאר די אומגעבראכטע קדושים
ווילהער או אנדערע יידען
דורך די היטלערידטיש-
פאשיסטישע מערדער
שונאים פון דער מענטשהייט
קול דמי נקיים צועקים מן האדמה [בראשית ד, י]
נקום נקמת דם הקדושים השפוך
ת'ש'א' מנחם אב ת'ש'ד'
ת'נ'צ'ב'ה'
Translation: Ponary. Eternal memory / for the martyrs, Jews of Vilnius and vicinity, annihilated by the Hitlerite-Fascist murderers, enemies of humankind. The voice of the blood of the pure is crying from the ground [After Gen. 4:10]. Revenge the revenge of spilled martyrs’ blood. (5)701 Menahem Av (5)704. May their souls be bound in the bundle of life.
In Russian:
Понары
Вечная память
погибшим евреям
от рук
немецко-фашистских
убийц злейших врагов
человечества
Июль 1941 – июль 1944
Translation: Ponary. Eternal memory / to the Jews annihilated by the German-Fascist / murderers, the bitterest enemies / of humankind. / July 1941 – July 1944.
Commissioned by
The Jewish community of Vilnius.