• historic fort and temporary Nazi concentration camp in Kaunas, Lithuania.
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  • Sixty-four prisoners escaped from the Ninth Fort on December 24, 1943. Some reached the Kovno ghetto; others escaped into the forest.
  • After World War II, the Soviets again used the Ninth Fort as a prison for several years. From 1948 to 1958, farm organizations were managed from the Ninth Fort.
  • In the early 1900s, the Ninth Fort of Kaunas was built. This was one of several forts constructed to protect the city from attacks and intruders.
  • Final muster of the Jewish Police before being taken to the Ninth Fort. "We are 900 Frenchmen" Convoy 73 from Drancy, France.
  • After World War II, the Soviets again used the Ninth Fort as a prison for several years. From 1948 to 1958, farm organizations were managed from the Ninth Fort.
  • I return to the Ninth Fort on my summer visit to Kaunas. As always, I stop to sit on the cement fence that runs across the field of grass like a grey snake.
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