Monument to the Murdered Romani People

The monument commemorates the Roma killed in Paneriai. It was erected in 2023 on the initiative of the Roma community to commemorate the Day of Remembrance of the Roma Genocide. The memorial is located at the currently unmarked so-called Kaunas Massacre Pit, which probably got its name due to the alleged transfer of Jews to the Kaunas Ghetto. There could be around 8,000 victims in this pit. Some of them were Roma. Up to 100 members of this community may have been killed in Paneriai. The monument is inscribed with the words ‘Be Saved’ in Romani.