Obj. ID: 58571 Holocaust memorial in Jieznas, Lithuania, 1990
Memorial Name
Jiezno žydų žudynių vieta ir kapas - Mass Murder Site and Grave of Jieznas Jews
Who/What is Commemorated?
Jews of Jieznas, victims of the Holocaust
Description:
The site is located on the outskirts of the town. A commemorative signpost points to it from the road. The area is planted with spruce trees, with a full row on the right and half a row on the left. The narrow, long, rectangular pit is surrounded by a concrete curb. At the end of it stands a monument.
It is a low, trapezoidal concrete structure, but one edge is higher and slopes downwards. A step has been formed at the front. A metal plate with text in Yiddish and Lithuanian is placed on the sloping part of the monument. In the upper right corner of the plate is the Star of David.
Inscription:
In Yiddish:
אויף דעם ארט האבן די
היטלערישע רוצחים און
זייערע ארטיקע באהעלפער
דעם 1941.08.09 דערמארדעט
144 יידן -
מענער, פרויען, קינדער
Translation: At this place, Hitler’s murderers and their local helpers, on August 9, 1941, murdered 144 Jews – men, women and children.
In Lithuanian:
Šioje vietoje 1941 m. 08.09. hitleriniai
žmogžudžiai ir jų vietiniai talkininkai
nužudė 144 žydų vyrų, moterų ir vaikų.
Translation: At this place on August 9, 1941, Hitler’s murderers and their local helpers murdered 144 Jewish men, women and children.
Commissioned by
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On September 1, 1941, Jieznas police and riflemen took prisoner all remaining Jews in the town, including men, women, children and the elderly. Jewish men were locked in the basement of the municipality building and the women and children were imprisoned in the synagogue. The next day, 5 officers and about 20 soldiers arrived in Jieznas. Jewish men (about 50) were taken to the killing site. The women and children in the synagogue were treated in the same way. The Jäger Report says 144 Jews were killed in Jieznas.
The monument was built in 1990.
Unique Site Code 22059
Status Protected by state since 1996-09-27
Jakulytė-Vasil, Milda. Lithuanian Holocaust Atlas (Vilnius: VIlna Gaon State Jewish Museum, 2011), http://holocaustatlas.lt/LT/#a_atlas/search//page/19/item/50/.
Kultūros vertybių registras (Register of the Cultural Heritage), https://kvr.kpd.lt/#/heritage-detail/9b013d95-35af-4235-9548-34c9f6897611.
Levinson, Yosif, Skausmo knyga. The Book of Sorrow. Dos bukh fun veytik. Sefer ha-keev (Vilnius: VAGA Publishers, 1997)., p. 142.