- At the time, Kaunas Fortress was the largest defensive structure in the region. Memorial to the Victims of Nazism Ninth Fort Kaunas Lithuania-20 Ninth Fort.
- 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.
- 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.
- While the Ninth Fort museum was opened in 1959, the second main building in the memorial grounds was not opened until thirty years later.
- 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.
- The memorial to the victims of Nazism at the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania, was designed by sculptor A. Ambraziunas.
- 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.
- Final muster of the Jewish Police before being taken to the Ninth Fort. "We are 900 Frenchmen" Convoy 73 from Drancy, France.
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