The Shoah (1939–1945)
Shooting of Kaišiadorys
26 août 1941·Kaišiadorys
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The Jews of the town, grouped since July in a closed quarter, are led toward a nearby woods and shot the same day as those of several towns in the district; the commando's report records the operation as a routine task.
Kaišiadorys lies on the railway line between Kaunas and Vilna, which accounts for its early liquidation. The Jews of the town and those from neighboring villages are gathered in outbuildings along the tracks, then taken in small groups to a nearby quarry. The handling of weapons is entrusted to local auxiliaries supervised by a handful of officers, following the pattern applied throughout the province that summer.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Lituanie
Christoph Dieckmann, *Deutsche Besatzungspolitik in Litauen* ; Yitzhak Arad, *The Holocaust in the Soviet Union*.