The Shoah (1939–1945)
Bauska shootings
1941·Bauska
The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.
The Jews of Bauska, at the confluence of the Moussa and the Memel, are gathered then shot in the woods of the surrounding area shortly after the entry of German troops.
The Jews of Bauska, at the confluence of the Mousse and the Mémèle, are gathered shortly after the entry of German troops, held for several days in buildings throughout the city, then shot in the surrounding woods. Jews from nearby towns, brought there in convoys, perish alongside them.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Lettonie
Andrew Ezergailis, *The Holocaust in Latvia* ; *Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos*, dirigée par Geoffrey Megargee.