Kumpiai in Kaunas County
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Ninth Fort

The Ninth Fort is a stronghold in the northern part of Šilainiai elderate, Kaunas, Lithuania. It is a part of the Kaunas Fortress, which was constructed in the late 19th century. During the occupation of Kaunas and the rest of Lithuania by the Soviet Union, the fort was used as a prison and way-station for prisoners being transported to labour camps. After the occupation of Lithuania by Nazi Germany, the fort was used as a place of execution for Jews, captured Soviets, and others.

Located at 54.9447, 23.8706 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Forts in Lithuania, Buildings and structures in Kaunas, Gulag, History of Kaunas, Landmarks in Kaunas, Nazi concentration camps, Museums in Kaunas, The Holocaust in Lithuania, Prison museums, History museums in Lithuania, World War II museums

Kovno Ghetto

The Kovno ghetto was a ghetto established by Nazi Germany to hold the Lithuanian Jews of Kaunas during the Holocaust. At its peak, the Ghetto held 40,000 people, most of whom were later sent to concentration and extermination camps, or were shot at the Ninth Fort. About 500 Jews escaped from work details and directly from the Ghetto, and joined Soviet partisan forces in the distant forests of southeast Lithuania and Belarus.

Located at 54.9158, 23.8883 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Kovno Ghetto, Nazi concentration camps in Lithuania, Jewish ghettos in Nazi-occupied Lithuania

Lithuanian Veterinary Academy

The Lithuanian Veterinary Academy (Lithuanian: Lietuvos veterinarijos akademija), located in Vilijampolė neighbourhood of Kaunas, Lithuania, was a state-owned, autonomous institution of higher education, with university level status. It conferred degrees in veterinary medicine and provided scientific advice and scientific support in fields which have a direct or indirect impact on animal health, welfare, food and feed safety.

Located at 54.9083, 23.8794 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Research institutes in Lithuania, Universities in Lithuania, Universities and colleges in Kaunas, Agriculture in Lithuania, Educational institutions established in 1922, Veterinary research institutes, 1922 establishments in Lithuania

Šilainiai

Šilainiai is an elderate in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, built as a microdistrict in the 1980s. It is one of the largest elderates in the city, covering 25.33 hectares, and housing over 70,000 people as of 2006. Eighth and ninth forts of the Kaunas Fortress are located in the elderate.

Located at 54.9358, 23.8592 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Neighbourhoods of Kaunas

Vilijampolė

Vilijampolė (popularly known in Lithuania as Slabodkė) is an elderate in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania, located on the right bank of the Neris River and the Nemunas River, near their confluence. The elderate covers 1,720 hectares and houses about 32,000 people. It was the home of the Slabodka yeshiva, Knesses Yisrael, and the main site of the Kaunas Ghetto. The Lithuanian Veterinary Academy campus is located in the neighbourhood.

Located at 54.9167, 23.8833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Neighbourhoods of Kaunas

Kaunas massacre of October 29, 1941

Kaunas massacre of October 29, 1941 also known as the Great Action was the largest mass murder of Lithuanian Jews. By the order of SS-Standartenführer Karl Jäger and SS-Rottenführer Helmut Rauca, the Sonderkommando under the leadership of SS-Obersturmführer Joachim Hamann, and 8 to 10 men from Einsatzkommando 3, in collaboration with Lithuanian partisans, murdered 2,007 Jewish men, 2,920 women, and 4,273 children in a single day at the Ninth Fort, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Located at 54.9447, 23.8706 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Lithuanian collaboration with Nazi Germany, Holocaust antisemitic attacks and incidents, History of Kaunas, Massacres in Lithuania, Military history of Lithuania during World War II, 20th century in Lithuania, Einsatzgruppen, The Holocaust in Lithuania, 1941 in Lithuania, World War II massacres, Mass murder in 1941

Varniai Bridge

Varnių Bridge is a bridge across the Neris River, that connects Vilijampolė and Žaliakalnis districts of Kaunas, Lithuania. It was built in 1983. The bridge is 328 meters long and approximately 25 meters wide. It carries six lanes of automobile traffic, with three lanes in each direction. Before World War II, neighbourhoods of Vilijampolė and Žaliakalnis were connected by temporary Eiguliai bridge.

Located at 54.9144, 23.9094 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Road bridges in Lithuania, Bridges in Kaunas