Img. ID: 572745
Memorial Name
Who is Commemorated?
About 1,300 Jews of Kaltinėnai, Kvėdarna, Laukuva, Pajūris, and Šilalė murdered at sites no.1 and no. 2.
Description:
The monument is a double metal plaque standing on a concrete base. The upper plaque has a Lithuanian inscription and the bottom one - an inscription in Yiddish. The perimeter of the grave is marked by a concrete curb and the murder site is fenced with a metal fence.
Inscription:
Lithuanian:
Šioje vietoje hitleriniai
žudikai ir j vietiniai
pagalbininkai 1941 m.
nužudė virš 500 žydų
vyrų, moterų ir vaikų
Translation: At this place, Hitler’s murderers and their local helpers murdered over 500 Jews – men, women and children – in 1941
Yiddish:
אויף דעם אׇרט האׇבן די
היטלערישע רוצחים און
זייערע אׇרטיקע באהעלפער
אין 1941 דערמאׇרדעט זייערע
500 יידן –
מענער, פרויען, קינדער
Translation: In this place, / Hitlerite murderers and / their local helpers, / in 1941, murdered / 500 Jews - / men, women, children.
Commissioned by
The Lithuanian Jewish Community