Obj. ID: 58559  New Holocaust memorial in Dievogala near Zapyškis, Lithuania, 2023

Memorial Name

Zapyškio žydų žudynių vieta ir kapas - Mass Murder Site and Grave of Zapyškis Jews

Who/What is Commemorated?

Jews of Zapyškis, Paeežerėlis, Jankai, victims of the Holocaust 

Description:

The monument stands further away from the road, near the Zapyškis Jewish cemetery.

The monument is a gray granite stele, one edge of which is vertical, while the other slopes downward. At the top center of the monument is a metal Star of David in a round frame. Below are two metal plates with text in Lithuanian and Hebrew. The monument stands on a foundation covered with rusted metal. Next to it is a rectangular granite block with the metal date 1941 attached to it. Both the monument and the block stand on a paved stone platform, which is raised above the ground and covered with rusted metal around the edges. The platform is asymmetrical in shape. Nearby is a typical information stand with information about the Holocaust in Zapyškis in Lithuanian and English.

Inscription:

In Lithuanian:

1941 m. vasaros pabaigoje nacistinės Vokietijos valdžios
ir vietinių talkininkų suorganizuotos egzekucijos
metu čia nužudyta ir užkasta apie 40 Jankų, Paežerėlio ir Zapyškio
žydų tautybės vyrųץ

Translation: At the end of the summer of 1941, during executions organized by the Nazi German authorities and local collaborators, about 40 Jewish men from Jankai, Paežerėlis, and Zapyškis were killed and buried here. 1941

In Hebrew:

בסוף קיץ של 1941 שלטונות הנאציים של גרמניה ועוזריה
המקומיים ארגנו הוצאה להורג של 40 גברים צעירים מ-
ינק, פאז'רל ו-ספיזישוק. כאן רצחו וקברו בקבר-אחים.

Translation: At the end of the summer of 1941, the Nazi authorities of Germany and its [!] local collaborators organized the execution of 40 young men from Yank, Pazherl, and Sapezhishok. Here murdered and buried in a mass grave.

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