Ninth Fort of the Kaunas Fortress Facts
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The memorial to the victims of Nazism at the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania, was designed by sculptor A. Ambraziunas. Erected in 1984, the monument is 105 feet high.
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During the years of Soviet occupation, 1940–1941, the Ninth Fort was used by the NKVD to house political prisoners pending transfer to Gulag forced labour camps.
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In 1960, the discovery, cataloguing, and forensic investigation of local mass murder sites began in an effort to gain knowledge regarding the scope of these crimes.
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In 1958, a museum was established in the Ninth Fort.
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The Ninth Fort is a stronghold in the northern part of Šilainiai elderate, Kaunas, Lithuania.
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The building of the Ninth Fort, the latest fort, started in 1903 and was finished on the eve of World War I.