Obj. ID: 58580  Holocaust memorial near Kalnujai, Lithuania

Memorial Name

Žydų žudynių vieta ir kapas - Mass Murder Site and Grave

Who/What is Commemorated?

Jews of Raseiniai, Jurbarkas, Šiluva and surrounding areas, victims of the Holocaust

Description:

A hedge surrounds the area. In the center, a low border marks the location of the grave. At the far end stands a monument shaped like an isosceles triangle. The section bearing the text is polished and raised above the base. In its center is the Star of David. Below it is an inscription in Yiddish and Lithuanian.

In the section of the grave enclosed by the border, a large Star of David made of weathered metal has been laid, filled with stones. It is not known exactly when it was made, but it was after 2011.

Inscription:

In Yiddish:

דא איז פארגאסן געווארן
דאס בלוט פון 1677 יידן - 
קינדער, פרויען, מענער,
וועלכע די נאצי-רוצחים און
זייערע מיטהעלפער
האבן גרויזאם דערמארדעט
דעם 07-09 1941

Translation: Here was spilt the blood of 1,677 Jews - children, women and men, whom Nazi murderers and their helpers brutally murdered in July-September 1941.

In Lithuanian:

Šioje vietoje hitleriniai budeliai
ir jų vietiniai talkininkai 1941 m. 07–
09 mėn. nužudė 1677 žydus: vaikus,
moteris, vyrus.
Tebūnie šventas nekaltai žuvusiųjų atminimas

Translation: In July-September 1941, at this place, Hitler‘s executioners and their local helpers murdered 1677 Jewish people: children, women and men. May the memory of the innocent victims remain sacred.

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