- 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.
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- 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).
- Tens of thousands of Jews from throughout Europe were sent to the Ninth Fort to be murdered in mass shootings as part of the Holocaust.
- Sixty-four prisoners escaped from the Ninth Fort on December 24, 1943. Some reached the Kovno ghetto; others escaped into the forest.
- The construction of the Ninth Fort during the 20th century was significantly expensive - the cost of this fort is calculated around 850 000 rubles.
- During the period of the Nazi occupation, up to 200 people were imprisoned in this and other cells of the Ninth Fort. There were not enough berths for everyone.
- Museum display of drill used in the escape of 65 prisoners at the Ninth Fort. Artifacts of Jewish ghetto life on display at the Ninth Fort.
- 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.
- While the Ninth Fort museum was opened in 1959, the second main building in the memorial grounds was not opened until thirty years later.