Kovno Ghetto

The Kovno Ghetto was a ghetto established by Nazi Germany to hold the Lithuanian Jews of during the Holocaust. At its peak, the ghetto held 29,000 people, most of whom were later sent to concentration and extermination camps, or were shot at the .
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  • Historical site
  • …lies at an elevation of 66 metres (217 feet)
  • Description: Nazi ghetto in occupied Lithuania
  • Also known as
    “Kaunas Ghetto”
    “Kowno Ghetto”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Synagogue of Kaunas and Kaunas Art School.
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The Kaunas Synagogue, also known as the Choral Ohel… is situated 270 metres southeast of Kovno Ghetto.
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Kaunas School of Arts was a public art school, which…
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The is a Neo-baroque… is situated 320 metres southwest of Kovno Ghetto.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Town and Kaunas Old Town.
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is a suburb.
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is the oldest part of , next…
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is a neighborhood in the city of …

Kovno Ghetto

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Latitude
54.9° or 54° 54′ north
Longitude
23.9° or 23° 54′ east
Open location code
9G65WW22+22
Geo­Names ID
13714670
Wiki­data ID
Q700112

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yiddish—“Kovno Ghetto” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կաունասի գետտո”
  • Basque: “Kaunaseko ghettoa”
  • Bulgarian: “Каунас (Гето)”
  • Catalan: “Gueto de Kaunas”
  • Chinese: “科沃諾猶太區”
  • Chinese: “考納斯猶太區”
  • Chinese: “考那斯猶太區”
  • Chinese: “考那斯隔都”
  • Croatian: “Kaunas (Geto)”
  • Czech: “Ghetto Kaunas”
  • Dutch: “Getto van Kovno”
  • Dutch: “Ghetto van Kaunas”
  • Esperanto: “Kaŭno Geto”
  • French: “Ghetto de Kaunas”
  • French: “ghetto de Kovno”
  • French: “Ghetto de Kovno”
  • German: “Ghetto Kauen”
  • German: “Ghetto Kaunas”
  • German: “Ghetto Kovno”
  • Hebrew: “גטו קובנא”
  • Hebrew: “גטו קובנה”
  • Hebrew: “גיטו קובנה”
  • Hungarian: “kaunasi gettó”
  • Italian: “Ghetto di Kaunas”
  • Italian: “Ghetto di Kovno”
  • Japanese: “コヴノ・ゲットー”
  • Korean: “코브노 게토”
  • Latvian: “Kauņas geto”
  • Lithuanian: “Kauno getas”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilijampolės getas”
  • Newari: “कोभ्नो गेट्टो”
  • Persian: “گتو کونو”
  • Polish: “Getto kowieńskie”
  • Polish: “Getto w Kownie”
  • Portuguese: “Gueto de Kovno”
  • Romanian: “Ghetoul Kaunas”
  • Romanian: “Kaunas, Ghetou”
  • Russian: “Гетто в Каунасе”
  • Russian: “Каунасское гетто”
  • Serbian: “Каунас (Гето)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kaunas (Geto)”
  • Spanish: “Gheto de Kaunas”
  • Spanish: “Ghetto de Kaunas”
  • Spanish: “Gueto de Kaunas”
  • Swedish: “Kaunas getto”
  • Swedish: “Kaunasgettot”
  • Swedish: “Kovnogettot”
  • Turkish: “Kaunas gettosu”
  • Ukrainian: “Каунаське гетто”
  • Welsh: “Kovno Ghetto”
  • Yiddish: “קאוונה געטא”
  • Yiddish: “קאוונע געטא”

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