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The Ninth
Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania was originally built as a
defensive fortress in the years 1901–1913. During the
Nazi occupation, over 50,000 people were executed there,
including over 30,000 Jews and over 10,000 foreigners. |
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Jews inside
the Ninth
Fort,
immediately
after their
arrival there
and prior to
their
execution |
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Final muster of the
Jewish Police before being taken to the Ninth Fort |
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"We are 900
Frenchmen"
Convoy 73 from
Drancy, France |
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Exhibit inside the
Fort:
Ghetto
inhabitants being taken to the Ninth
Fort
for massacre, Oct 28, 1941 |
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Exhibit inside the
Fort:
George Kadish,
Kovno Ghetto photographer
George Kadish link - soon |
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Markings on the
wall inside the Fort |
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View of Kaunas
from outside the Fort |
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Memorial outside
the Fort |
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Memorial outside
the Fort |
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Memorial outside
the Fort |
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