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Commemoration of Jewish Victims
Wood sculpture by Yaakov Bunka
YVA, Photo Collection, 2718
Wood sculpture by Yaakov Bunka
Courtesy The Center for Jewish Art, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yaakov Bunka near one of his wood sculptures
Courtesy The Center for Jewish Art, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Wood sculptor Yaakov Bunka near the memorial at the Kausenai murder site
Courtesy The Center for Jewish Art, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
In 1986, with the Soviet grip on the area loosening, Bunka created a four-meter monument of a family surrounded by branches and roots representing growth. The sculpture is made from oak, symbolizing strength. Sixty Soviet soldiers installed the massive memorial. Over the next three years, Bunka created eight more Holocaust-themed oak statues. Each year, on the last week of July, Jews from all over Lithuania gather to remember the victims.