Img. ID: 518366
Memorial Name
Biržų žydų ir karaimų senųjų kapinių ir žydų žudynių vietos komplekso žydų žudynių vieta ir kapas - Jewish killing site and grave in a complex of Biržai Jews and Karaite cemetery
Who is Commemorated?
Approximately 15 Biržai Jews
Description:
The monument stands close to the entrance to the Jewish and Karaite cemetery, on a killing site. The monument in the shape of a stela with a triangle roof is made of concrete and painted white. Two metal plaques are affixed to it, one on the top of the other. The top plaque has a Yiddish inscription, with the the Star of David above the text. The lower plaque has an inscription in Lithuanian.
Inscription:
Yiddish:
צום אנדענק
בערך 30 בירזשער יידן
וועלכע די נאציס און זייערע
ארטיקע באהעלפער האבן דא
אומגעבראכט אין 1941
Translation: In memory of / about 30 Jews of Birzh / whom the Nazis and their / local helpers / killed in 1941.
Lithuanian:
Šioje vietoje 1941 m. naciai
ir jų vietiniai talkininkai
sušaudė apie 30 žydų ir
lietuvių tautybės žmonių
Translation: At this place, Nazis and their local collaborators shot about 30 people of Jewish and Lithuanian origin in 1941.
Commissioned by
The Lithuanian Jewish community
| Latvygalos Street, past the junction with Kluono street and opposite house No.77