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Gargzdai (Gorzd), Lithuania
Original Memorial at Men's Killing Site




"Here are buried the victims of Nazi murders, the Jews of the city of Gorzd who were slaughtered on 24 June 1941" [Hebrew]

"Passer by, remember the 1941 victims, innocently dying children, mothers and elderly who were slaughtered by the Hitlerites only because they were Jews." [Lithuanian]

Translation and Photographs provided courtesy of George Birman

Interim Memorial

Interim memorial preceding present memorial

Present memorial was unveiled December 17, 1989.
(Reported in Jerusalem of Lithuania, January, 1990)

Photograph and information provided courtesy of George Birman

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