Obj. ID: 58569  New Holocaust memorial near Krakės, Lithuania, 1993

Memorial Name

Krakių žydų žudynių vieta ir kapas

Who/What is Commemorated?

Jews of Baisiogala, Dotnuva, Grinkiškis, Gudžiūnai, Krakės, Pociūnėliai, Surviliškis, victims of the Holocaust

Description:

On the left side of the 1962 stele, there is a black granite monument standing on a small granite base. The monument is almost rectangular in shape, with the Star of David engraved on top and texts in Yiddish and Lithuanian below.

Inscription:

In Yiddish:

 אויף דעם ארט האבן די
היטלערישע רוצחים און
זייערע ארטיקע באהעלפער
דעם 1941.09.02 דערמארדעט
1125 יידן - 
מענער, פרויען, קינדער

Translation: At this place, Hitler’s murderers and their local helpers, on September 2, 1941, murdered 1,125 Jews – men, women and children.

In Lithuanian:

Šioje vietoje hitleriniai budeliai
ir jų vietiniai talkininkai
1941. IX. 02 d. nužudė 1125 žydus –
vaikus, moteris, vyrus

Translation: On September 2, 1941, at this place, Hitler’s murderers and their local helpers murdered 1125 Jews, children, women, men.

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