On July 13 a ceremony to commemorate the liquidation, meaning the mass extermination, of the Kaunas concentration camp was held in the formerly Jewish neighborhood of Slobodka in Kaunas at a monument located at the intersection of Linkuvos and Kriščiukaičio streets, the location of the former gates to the ghetto later transformed into a concentration camp. Survivors and relatives of victims spoke, retelling horrific stories of violence.

“It’s impossible to imagine and understand the horrific things which happened here. We cannot forget those events, we cannot forget those many people who were imprisoned here and then murdered,” Kaunas Jewish Community chairman Gercas Žakas said.

Full article in Lithuanian (with inaccurate dates and some questionable facts) here.