- From June 1941 to the summer of 1944, more than 50,000 people were killed by the Nazis in the Ninth Fort, mainly Jews from Kaunas and Jews deported from...
- 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.
- 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.
- While the Ninth Fort museum was opened in 1959, the second main building in the memorial grounds was not opened until thirty years later.
- Sixty-four prisoners escaped from the Ninth Fort on December 24, 1943. Some reached the Kovno ghetto; others escaped into the forest.
- 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.
- The Ninth Fort is a stronghold in the northern part of Šilainiai elderate, Kaunas, Lithuania. It is a part of the Kaunas Fortress, built in the late 19th century.
- NIGHTLIFE. SHOPPING. Cover image of this place The Ninth Fort Museum.
- The Ninth Fort (Lithuanian: Devintas Fortas) is a stronghold in the northern part of Šilainiai elderate, Kaunas, Lithuania.