The monument is 105 feet (32 m) high. The mass burial place of the victims of the massacres carried out in the fort is a grass field, marked by a simple yet frankly worded memorial written in several languages. It reads, "This is the place where Nazis and their assistants killed about 45,000 Jews from Lithuania and other European countries."[4][5]
On 11 April 2011, the memorial to the victims of Nazism was vandalized — the memorial tombstones were knocked down, and white swastikas were spray-painted on the memorial. On the adjacent sidewalk, the words “Juden raus” (German: Jews Out) were inscribed.[6]
Referencesedit
^"Mirė IX forto memorialo kūrėjas skulptorius Alfonsas Vincentas Ambraziūnas". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
^Subotić, Jelena (2019). Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance after Communism. Cornell University Press. p. 189. ISBN978-1-5017-4241-5.
^Bousfield, Jonathan (2004). Baltic States. Rough Guides. p. 128. ISBN978-1-85828-840-6.
^"History:The Museum". Kauno IX Forto Muziejus. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
^. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
^. lrytas.lt. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
External linksedit
Photo essay about the monument and its construction
ninth, fort, memorial, memorial, designed, lithuanian, sculptor, alfonsas, vincentas, ambraziūnas, unveiled, 1984, commemorates, victims, ninth, fort, nazi, execution, site, jews, kovno, ghetto, monument, feet, high, mass, burial, place, victims, massacres, ca. Ninth Fort memorial is a memorial designed by the Lithuanian sculptor Alfonsas Vincentas Ambraziunas and unveiled in 1984 It commemorates the victims of the Ninth Fort a Nazi execution site for the Jews in the Kovno Ghetto 1 2 3 The monument is 105 feet 32 m high The mass burial place of the victims of the massacres carried out in the fort is a grass field marked by a simple yet frankly worded memorial written in several languages It reads This is the place where Nazis and their assistants killed about 45 000 Jews from Lithuania and other European countries 4 5 On 11 April 2011 the memorial to the victims of Nazism was vandalized the memorial tombstones were knocked down and white swastikas were spray painted on the memorial On the adjacent sidewalk the words Juden raus German Jews Out were inscribed 6 References edit Mire IX forto memorialo kurejas skulptorius Alfonsas Vincentas Ambraziunas lrt lt in Lithuanian 20 May 2020 Retrieved 11 June 2020 Subotic Jelena 2019 Yellow Star Red Star Holocaust Remembrance after Communism Cornell University Press p 189 ISBN 978 1 5017 4241 5 Bousfield Jonathan 2004 Baltic States Rough Guides p 128 ISBN 978 1 85828 840 6 History The Museum Kauno IX Forto Muziejus Retrieved 15 February 2019 MUSEUM OF THE NINTH FORT Kaunas tourist Information centre and cenference bureau Archived from the original on 23 October 2014 Retrieved 12 October 2014 Naktį Kaune isniekintas IX forto memorialas nacizmo aukoms atminti papildyta nuotraukos lrytas lt Archived from the original on 19 October 2013 Retrieved 6 October 2012 External links editPhoto essay about the monument and its construction 54 56 38 N 23 52 4 E 54 94389 N 23 86778 E 54 94389 23 86778 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ninth Fort memorial amp oldid 1218662669, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
