List of massacres in Lithuania
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Lithuania (numbers may be approximate):
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
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First Mass Execution of the Jews of Gargždai | June 24, 1941 | Gargždai
Pirčiupiai massacre 1944, ordered by the SS Commander Walter Titel of the 16th SS Police Regiment on June 11, 1944 References: "Population by locality". Statistics Lithuania. Archived from the original (XLS) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013. "Lithuanian Population and Housing Census 2001: Alytaus County" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2010. Genocid.lt road sign on the site |
201 | The mass execution of Jewish men from Gargždai was the first of more than 250 mass execution of Jews committed by the Nazis and their Lithuanian collaborators during the Holocaust in Lithuania[1][2] |
Rainiai massacre | June 24–25, 1941 | Rainiai, near Telšiai | 73 | |
Kaunas pogrom | June 25–29, 1941 | Kaunas | 5,000 | |
Kaunas massacre | October 29, 1941 | Kaunas | 9,200 | |
Koniuchy massacre | January 29, 1944 | Koniuchy (now Kaniūkai) | 34 | |
Ponary (Paneriai) massacre | July 1941 - August 1944 | Paneriai, Vilnius | 100,000 | |
Glinciszki massacre | 20 June 1944 | Glitiškės | 27 | |
Dubingiai massacre | 23 June 1944 | Dubingiai | 20-27 | |
Draučiai shooting | February 15, 1998 | 10 (including shooter) | While the government initially suspected political motives, it turned out that it was most likely the result of mental illness. |
References[]
- ^ "The First Mass Execution of the Jews of Gargždai". Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania. Vilnius, Lithuania: Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum. 2010.
- ^ "Execution of Jews in Gargždai". The Map of Holocaust by Bullets. Yahad-In Unum. 2012. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
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