“Historians are still trying to estimate the exact number of victims of the crime in Ponary, which was committed by the German occupiers together with Lithuanian auxiliary troops, the Shaulis. Estimates say at least 80,000. victims” said Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage Dr. Jarosław Sellin during the opening of the exhibition “Victims of crime in Ponary near Vilnius 1941-1944”, which took place today at Targ Węglowy in Gdańsk . The exhibition can be visited until September 29, 2023.

The victims were mostly Jewish but there were also Roma and Poles who were killed there.

• Wernisaż wystawy „Ofiary zbrodni w Ponarach pod Wilnem 1941-1944”. In: Polsih Government Website. 13.09.2023. https://www.gov.pl/web/kultura/wernisaz-wystawy-ofiary-zbrodni-w-ponarach-pod-wilnem-1941-1944
• Wystawa o getcie warszawskim w Wilnie. 13.09.2023. https://wszystkoconajwazniejsze.pl/pepites/wystawa-o-getcie-warszawskim-w-wilnie/