Aukštieji Paneriai is a neighborhood of Vilnius, situated about 10 kilometres away from the city center. It is located on low forested hills, on the Vilnius-Warsaw road. Paneriai was the site of the Ponary massacre, a mass killing of as many as 100,000 people from Vilnius and nearby towns and villages during World War II.
Eldership administration building
Railroad tunnel in Paneriai - the first in Lithuania. Photo from 1879.
Pit used to burn corpses that were exhumed to destroy evidence of mass executions.
The river Neris or Vilija rises in northern Belarus. It flows westward, passing through Vilnius and in the south-centre of that country it flows into the Nemunas (Neman) from the right bank, at Kaunas, as its main tributary. Its length is 510 km (320 mi).
The Neris in Vilnius, Lithuania from Žvėrynas Bridge
Confluence of the Viliya and Narach: a conjectured reason for the dual naming of Neris
Neris near Gediminas Tower in Vilnius, Lithuania
Confluence of Nioman and Neris in Kaunas