Aukštieji Paneriai
Aukštieji Paneriai | |
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Eldership administration building | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| County | Vilnius County |
| Municipality | Vilnius city municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 84.8 km2 (32.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 11,149 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Aukštieji Paneriai (literally Lithuanian: "a place near Neris"; adapted to Polish: Ponary, Yiddish: פאנאר/Ponar) 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.