By madeirane on Skatehive
Fort IX, one of the fortress forts near Kaunas, is a memorial museum for the victims of the Holocaust. During the Second World War, it was the place of extermination of tens of thousands of civilians and prisoners of war from all over Europe. We have been there, but decided to show it to our children too. On the way through Kaunas, everyone pays attention to the huge shopping center, Mega, but few people notice the monument to the victims of the Holocaust located on the left side, and even more so, no one notices one of the two defensive structures of Kaunas that have survived in a working state - the IX Fort. In summer, it is even less noticeable, covered by the foliage of the trees. Our research began with a tour of the IX Fort museum. Here you can learn about the time of the beginning of the exile of Lithuanians, as well as the events of the Second World War. At the end of the 19th century, it was decided to built a powerful fortress around Kaunas city. This location was not chosen