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© Milda Jakulytė, Photographer: Jakulytė, Milda, June 2023 , (Negative/Photo.:   A627886)

Memorial Name

Upynos žydų senųjų kapinių ir žydų žudynių vietos ir kapo komplekso žydų žudynių vieta ir kapas - Mass killing site and grave of the Jews of the complex memorial of Upyna Jewish cemetery mass murder site

Who is Commemorated?

About 100 Jews of Upyna

Description:

The monument is located in the corner of the Jewish cemetery of Upyna. The monument is s granite stele with a cut top right corner. It stands on a concrete base and has identical inscriptions in Lithuanian, Yiddish, and Hebrew. The Star of David is depicted above the inscriptions. The grave is marked by concrete curbs.

Inscription:

Lithuanian:

Masinių žudynių vieta
Šioje vietoje hitleriniai
žudikai ir jų vietiniai
pagalbininkai 1941 m. nužudė
apie 100 vyrų

Translation: A mass killing site / At this place Hitler’s / murderers and their local / helpers killed about 100 men in 1941

Yiddish:

אויף דעם אׇרט האׇבן די
היטלערישע רוצחים און
זייערע אׇרטיקע באהעלפער אין 1941
דערמאׇרדעט 100 יידן – מענער

Translation: In this place, Hitlerite murderers and their local helpers, in 1941, murdered 100 Jews - men.

Hebrew:

במקום הזה הרוצחים
ההיטלריסטיים ועוזריהם
המקומיים בשנת 1941 השמידו
100 יהודים - גברים

Translation: In this place, Hitlerite murderers and their local helpers, in 1941, murdered 100 Jews - men.

 

Commissioned by

Jewish Community of Lithuania

The Lithuanian Jewish Community

Documenter
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Author of description
Milda Jakulytė | December 2023
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Holocaust memorial in the Jewish cemetery in Upyna | Unknown
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1990s
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Lithuania | Tauragė County | Upyna
| Petkalnis village
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