Palanga Jewish Massacre Place and Tomb (Palanga)
Lithuania /
Klaipedos /
Palanga
World
/ Lithuania
/ Klaipedos
/ Palanga
Second World War 1939-1945, Holocaust, massacre, mass grave, Cultural heritage of Lithuania
On October 12, 1941, about 200—300 Jewish women and children, residents of Palanga, were killed and buried in the Kunigiškiai Forest. The massacre was perpetrated by the Hitlerites and local policemen who arrived from Kretinga and Palanga.
Cultural heritage object of Lithuania.
kvr.kpd.lt/#/static-heritage-detail/E0225472-D143-475D-... + photos
Cultural heritage object of Lithuania.
kvr.kpd.lt/#/static-heritage-detail/E0225472-D143-475D-... + photos
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 55°57'35"N 21°6'6"E
- Naglis Hill 3.9 km
- Palanga Kurhaus — Culture and Youth Center 5.4 km
- Palanga manor 6.1 km
- German Coastal Defenses (WWII) 20 km
- Orvidai museum 33 km
- Skuodas Old Jewish cemetery 43 km
- Skuodas historical part 43 km
- Skuodas 43 km
- Plungė manor 46 km
- Telšiai old town 71 km
- Palanga maritime plain 2.6 km
- Vydmantai Wind farm 4.6 km
- Kretinga eldership 11 km
- Pajūris regional park 15 km
- Kretingalė eldership 16 km
- Darbėnai eldership 17 km
- Kretinga district municipality 17 km
- Northwest Samogitian moraine plain 18 km
- Žalgiris eldership 21 km
- Klaipėda district municipality 39 km