• At the end of the 19th century the city of Kaunas was fortified and by 1890 was encircled by eight forts and nine gun batteries. Construction of the Ninth Fort (its...
  • There has been a museum in the Ninth Fort where visitors may learn about the interesting and distinctive architecture of war of Kaunas Fortress defences...
  • Kaunas, Lithuania. During the Nazi Germany times, the Ninth Fort served as a site of massacres, Jews in particular. After World War I, it was used as a prison...
  • Ninth Fort (Lithuania). Devintasis fortas – vienas Kauno tvirtovės fortų pastatytas 1901–1913 m. Nuo 1924 m. fortas buvo naudojamas kaip Kauno miesto sunkiųjų...
  • The entrance to Ninth Fort. We visited alone, but it is also possible to take a guided tour.
  • Memorial to the Victims of Nazism Ninth Fort Kaunas Lithuania-1-2 The Memorial to the Victims of Nazism.
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  • The significance of Ninth fort was that it was the first place where Hitler's commanders began mass killings of people.
  • The Ninth Fort is an essential stop for anyone visiting Kaunas with an interest in the Holocaust and/or Lithuanian history.
  • Enquire ahead for guided tours of different aspects of the site, including the early history of the fort and the Holocaust in Lithuania (extra charges apply, usually €5).
  • ...Ninth, and other, forts (primarily the Seventh, and Fourth), many of whom were Jews from the Kovno ghetto and other places in Lithuania, as well as deportees...
  • 1. Tour the Museum: The Ninth Fort Museum is a great place to start your visit. The museum tells the story of the fort’s history...
  • Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum. Memorial complex. Kaunas hard labor prison department. 1924–1940. The Ninth Fort.