Ignalina District Tourism Information Center

Old Jewish cemetery

Memory places

Near Lake Ūsiai there is a memorial plaque dedicated to the Jews murdered in this place. In July 1941, during the execution organized by the Nazi German authorities, 70 (120 indicated on the memorial monument) Jews from the town of Linkmeni were murdered: men, women and children. People were buried in 3 pits. Around 1961, the remains of the murdered were exhumed, stacked in several coffins and reburied in Švenčionėliai.

This place is included in the Register of Immovable Cultural Properties.

Information updated 2026-01-13

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