- Lithuania was quickly overrun by the Nazis, who took control of the Ninth Fort and transformed it into a killing site.
- More than 50,000 persons were murdered in the Ninth, and other, forts (primarily the Seventh, and Fourth), many of whom were Jews from the Kovno ghetto...
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- Despite some rain on the drive over, our luck was good and we got sunshine when we most needed it at our outdoor explore of the Ninth Fort.
- The fort was used as a prison and transit facility for Jews during the Second World War, and was thereby connected to the genocide against the European Jews.
- In 1958, a museum was established in the Ninth Fort. The Ninth Fort is a stronghold in the northern part of Šilainiai elderate, Kaunas, Lithuania.
- Ninth Fort (IX Fort) former soviet prison and nazi place of execution - Kaunas, Lithuania Stock Photo - Alamy Fort ix By Alamy.
- What is fascinating about Ninth Fort is that it has seen several changes over its 100 year history - it has been a regular prison, a Soviet prison and also a Nazi prison.