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 | 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 | 70–80 | Mass murder of between 70 and 80 Lithuanian political prisoners by the NKVD, with help from the Red Army, in a forest near Telšiai during the night of June 24–25, 1941 |
Kaunas pogrom | June 25–29, 1941 | Kaunas | 5,000 | |
Seirijai massacre | June 26, 1941 | Seirijai | 50 | |
Pryšmančiai massacre | June–September 1941 | Pryšmančiai, near Kretinga | around 432 | |
Strošiunai massacre | August 1941 | Strošiunai, near Kaišiadorys | 1,911 Jews | |
Obeliai massacre | August 25, 1941 | Obeliai | 1,160 Jews | |
Liaudiškiai massacre | August 25–26, 1941 | Liaudiškiai, near Šeduva | 664 Jews | |
Pakralė massacre | September 4, 1941 | Pakralė, near Seredžius | 193 Jews | |
Baraučiškė massacre | September 10–11, 1941 | Baraučiškė, near Seirijai | 953 Jews | |
Semeliškės massacre | October 6, 1941 | Semeliškės | 962 Jews | |
Kaunas massacre | October 29, 1941 | Kaunas | 9,200 | |
Koniuchy massacre | January 29, 1944 | Koniuchy (now Kaniūkai) | 34 | In the territory of pre-WW2 Poland, now in Lithuania. |
Ponary (Paneriai) massacre | July 1941 - August 1944 | Paneriai, Vilnius | 100,000 | In the territory of pre-WW2 Poland, now in Lithuania. |
Pirčiupiai massacre | 3 June 1944 | Pirciupie (now Pirčiupiai) | 119 | In the territory of pre-WW2 Poland, now in Lithuania. |
Glinciszki massacre | 20 June 1944 | Glitiškės | 27 | In the territory of pre-WW2 Poland, now in Lithuania. |
Dubingiai massacre | 23 June 1944 | Dubingiai | 20-27 | |
Draučiai shooting | February 15, 1998 | Draučiai | 10 (including shooter) | While the government initially suspected political motives, it turned out that it was most likely the result of mental illness. |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.