Obj. ID: 58584 Holocaust memorial in Eglynas Forest near Skaudvilė, Lithuania
Memorial Name
Pužų žydų žudynių ir užkasimo vieta - Mass Murder Site and Burial of Pužai Jews
Who/What is Commemorated?
Pužai?, Skaudvilė Jews
Description:
The site is located on the edge of a forest, separated from the cultivated fields by a drainage ditch. A small concrete bridge spans the ditch. The area is enclosed by a metal fence painted in blue with two gates. A Star of David is located in the center of the gates. The two graves are bordered by concrete curbs. Near the gate is a large fieldstone; to the left is a black granite stele topped with a Star of David and bearing an inscription in Yiddish and Lithuanian below.
Inscription:
In Yiddish:
אויף דעם ארט האבן די
היטלערישע רוצחים און
זייערע ארטיקע באהעלפער
אין 1941 דערמארדעט
300 יידן -
מענער
Translation: At this place, Hitler’s murderers and their local helpers, in 1941, murdered 300 Jews - men.
In Lithuanian:
1941 m. hitleriniai
žmogžudžiai nužudė
300 žydų – vyrų
Translation: In 1941, Hitler’s / murderers killed / 300 Jewish men
Commissioned by
In August 1941, 300 Jewish men were killed near the town of Skaudvilė.
Unique site code 20686
Status Listed on register since 1993-10-20
Jakulytė-Vasil, Milda. Lithuanian Holocaust Atlas (Vilnius: VIlna Gaon State Jewish Museum, 2011), http://holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/163/.
Kultūros vertybių registras (Register of the Cultural Heritage), https://kvr.kpd.lt/#/heritage-detail/9d56c5bc-3f83-428b-aefe-1efa8cce7b4c.
Levinson, Yosif, Skausmo knyga. The Book of Sorrow. Dos bukh fun veytik. Sefer ha-keev (Vilnius: VAGA Publishers, 1997)., p. 170.