Photos: Ninth Fort, Exterior Views

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	The Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania was originally built as a defensive fortress in the years 1902–1913. During the Nazi occupation, over 50,000 people were executed here including over 30,000 Jews and over 10,000 foreigners.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania. Sign: "On the night of December 25, 1943, 64 witnesses of the Nazi's crimes escaped by this route."
	Exterior view of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania. Sign: "There near this wall Nazis shot and burned people in 1943–1944"
	The killing fields of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania. Trenches were dug here. Victims were lined up along the trenches and shot. When the Nazis realized that the war might be lost, they ordered prisoners to dig up the bodies and burn them in an attempt to cover their crimes.
	The killing fields of the Ninth Fort in Kaunas, Lithuania.

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