Litvak Memorial Garden Memorial site

In 2014, the Jakov Bunka Charity and Support Foundation established the Litvaks Memorial Garden in the Žemaitija National Park, in the village of Medsedžiai, approximately 2 km from the center of Plateliai. This monument is dedicated to the memory of the destroyed Lithuanian Jewish communities.

The 12-acre garden replicates the outline of Lithuania, and the places where Jewish communities were destroyed in 1941-1944 are marked with forged metal apple trees. The author of the forged apples is Artūras Platakis. Apples in trees - families who lived in communities. Litvaks all over the world can contribute to the creation of the garden by ordering new apple trees and apples in memory of their ancestors. Karelian granite columns are also being erected in the garden to individually honor the achievements of Litvaks in the world.

In 2016, this initiative was expanded - the commemoration of Lithuanian Lithuanian and Jewish saviors during the Holocaust was commemorated with apple trees. The stand at the entrance to the garden tells about the former Jewish communities of Lithuania in numbers.

At the moment, an apple tree has already "grown" in the garden in memory of the Jewish communities of Alytus, Alsėdžii, Kalvarija, Mosėdis, Plateliai, Plungė, Telšiai, Vabalninka, Viekšnii and others.