Aukštieji Paneriai

Station building (2010)

Aukštieji Paneriai ( Polish Ponary , Yiddish פּאָנאַר) is a south-western part of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius , west of the Paneriai railway tunnel . It is located in a wooded area. In Paneriai there is the Paneriai Train Station , the Paneriai Sculpture Park and the Paneriai Memorial . Formerly a well-known and popular excursion destination for the city population, Paneriai became the scene of a mass execution of Baltic Jews from autumn 1941 .

literature

• Art. Paneriai . In: Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija , Vol. 8: Moreasas - Pinturikjas . Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos institutas, Vilnius 1981.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paneriai / Ponary. In: Memorial Sites Europe 1939-1945. Retrieved February 8, 2019 . 

Coordinates: 54 ° 38 '  N , 25 ° 11'  E