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Thursday/Friday -- Joining the Group in Vilnius | Saturday - Vilnius City Center | Sunday - Vilnius Environs | Monday - Vilnius to Kaunas | Monday - Kaunas - Ninth Fort | Monday - Kaunas City | Monday - Panevezys | Tuesday - Kupiskis | Wednesday - Last Day in Vilnius

Monday - Kaunas - Ninth Fort

We visited the Ninth Fort of Kaunas, and its Museum. It is described at http://muziejai.mch.mii.lt/Kaunas/forto_muziejus.en.htm

The Museum includes an account of how several Jewish prisoners escaped. The escape is documented at
http://www.yad-vashem.org.il/about_holocaust/documents/part3/doc213.html

u37/chmoss/medium/32115605.2.9thFort2004071203.26.57DSC_4429webbed.jpg An entrance to the fort
An entrance to the fort		 u37/chmoss/medium/32115617.2.9thFort2004071205.30.40DSC_4480webbed.jpg u38/chmoss/medium/32115609.2.9thFort2004071204.45.35DSC_4455webbed.jpg
u38/chmoss/medium/32115611.2.9thFort2004071204.58.04DSC_4460webbed.jpg u38/chmoss/medium/32115610.2.9thFort2004071204.46.33DSC_4456webbed.jpg u38/chmoss/medium/32115606.2.9thFort2004071203.27.29DSC_4430webbed.jpg u38/chmoss/medium/32115607.2.9thFort2004071204.40.27DSC_4451webbed.jpg
Inmates' writings on the wall
Inmates' writings on the wall		 u38/chmoss/medium/32115608.2.9thFort2004071204.41.27DSC_4452webbed.jpg u38/chmoss/medium/32115612.2.9thFort2004071205.08.39DSC_4464webbed.jpg People were shot in the pits
People were shot in the pits
The Soviets erected an impressive and moving monument
The Soviets erected an impressive and moving monument		 u38/chmoss/medium/32115618.2.9thFort2004071205.32.26DSC_4482webbed.jpg A modern development encroaches on the Fort
A modern development encroaches on the Fort		 u38/chmoss/medium/32115614.2.9thFort2004071205.20.15DSC_4469webbed.jpg

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arye gordon 06-Sep-2004 17:20
Dear Clive

You have done an excellent job in making available to us these pictures and other information. Thank you and congratulations on a job well done.
Arye Gordon Los Angeles
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