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“The mass graves of Tuskulėnai”
A series of articles in 6 parts
TODAY PART 5 OF 6:
THE CHAPEL-COLUMBARIUM
By Vincas Karnila, Associate editor
vin.karnila@VilNews.com
The focal point of the Memorial Complex of Tuskulėnai Peace Park is the Chapel-columbarium. The building with its exceptional architecture was intended to memorialize and honor the memory of the victims of Soviet terror. This chapel is a place of eternal rest for the remains of 717 people, killed between 1944 and 1947 in NKGB-MGB internal prison, which were found and exhumed during archeological research in the territory of Tuskulėnai Manor between 1994 and 1996 and in 2003.
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