A local resident noticed stolen Jewish headstones were used to build Lithuanian power station.
By Matt Wanderman
Archaeologists have confirmed that a Lithuanian power station was built using stolen Jewish tombstones.
Jewish Headstones (illustrative) – Photo: Rafi Fischer
Earlier this month Gledrius Sakalauskas, a local resident, noticed that many of the stones used to build the station contained Hebrew or Yiddish writing. “I touched the stones and I realized that they’re really gravestones,” he told AP.
Sakalauskas says that he is very saddened, but not surprised. There used to be a Jewish cemetery across the street from where the station now stands.
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