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Paneriai (Ponar)


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #5 of 67 attractions in Vilnius
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Attraction type: Historic site
Address: Agrastu 17 Vilnius
Lithuania
Tel: 260 20 01

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5 of 5 stars
DonPaulus   1 contribution
Syracuse, New York
Nov 7, 2008

Take the train from Vilnius to Panerai, cost about a dollar and after getting off the train turn right and walk about a kilometer down to the memorial. There are no signs and the people speak Lithuanian not English. But, there is only one road down and it is parallel to the railroad tracks. The memorial is well laid out... more

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4 of 5 stars
traveliz   12 contributions
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sep 23, 2007
2/2 found this review helpful

Paneriai would be on my "must see" list for Vilnius. It has not gotten easier to find or more well advertised. Unlike the tour bus crowded streets of Old Town, we found ourselves alone and wondering if there was really anything there after leaving the train. It was an easy train ride and an easy walk to the site itself....... more

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5 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Member
Brussels, Belgium
Jul 23, 2004
17/18 found this review helpful

In 1941 the fleeing Red Army left oil storage pits here, 10 km from Vilnius. Over the next few months 100,000 men, women and children, 70,000 Jews, were lined up around the pits and shot, one layer at a time, by the Nazis and their Lithuanian helpers. The pits are still quite visible and the memorial site, in a peaceful... more

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Paneriai (Ponar) Address

Agrastu 17, Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel: 260 20 01