1940-1941 and 1944-1990 

First Soviet occupation (1940-1941) 

When the Soviet occupation began in 1940, political prisoners were imprisoned in the Ninth Fort before being deported to remote areas of the Soviet Union. The exposition offers visitors an opportunity to get acquainted with the famous Lithuanian public figures who were imprisoned in the Ninth Fort during this period, including engineer Juozas Enčeris, teacher Kazimieras Baršauskas, the leader of the Lithuanian Young Farmers’ Circles, Vladas Tiškus, one of the founders of the Lithuanian merchant fleet, Teodoras Reingardas, a doctor of philosophy and journalist Pranas Dielininkaitis and other persons’ indictment files, documents, photographs of imprisonment sites, letters written in Soviet camps and other personal belongings.

Second Soviet occupation (1944-1990)

The exposition is under preparation.