Obj. ID: 58570  Old Holocaust memorial near Krakės, Lithuania, 1962

Memorial Name

Krakių žydų žudynių vieta ir kapas - Mass Murder Site and Grave of Krakės Jews

Who/What is Commemorated?

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

Description:

The site of the massacre is located outside the town, in a field, rectangular in shape, surrounded by trees and enclosed by a segmented fence. In the central part, near the gate, there are three monuments.

The first is a large concrete stele, slightly narrowing at the top, standing on a two-step stepped base. The upper part is rounded. A Star of David is attached to the upper part of the stele. Below it is a black granite slab. The top of the slab features a plant motif and inscriptions in Hebrew and Lithuanian. At the very bottom of the stele, on the right side, there is a small granite slab with an inscription in Lithuanian. 

On its left-hand side, the new monument is situated:

New Holocaust memorial near Krakės, Lithuania, 1993

On its right-hand side, there is the monument to the Anterzorsky Family:

Anterzorsky Family Memorial near Krakės, Lithuania

Inscription:

In Hebrew:

 פ"נ
הרוגים
מידי
הפשיזמה

Translation: Here are buried those killed by Fascism.

In Lithuanian: 

5. IX. 1941
Žuvusiems nuo vokiečių okupantų.

Translation: September 5, 1941. To those who died at the hands of German occupiers

On the small plaque, in Lithuanian:

Palaidota 1125 žmonės
Paminklas pastatytas 1962 m.

Translation: 1,125 people are buried here. The monument was erected in 1962.

Commissioned by

The authorities of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic and Jewish survivors (?)