The Shoah (1939–1945)
Shootings of Taurage
septembre 1941·Taurage
Toll
bilan non établi
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Taurage, whose community was one of the oldest in Samogitia, saw its Jews gathered in barns and then led to the pits in the surrounding area.
Taurage, whose community was one of the oldest in Samogitia, sees its Jews gathered in barns on the outskirts of the town, then led in groups toward the pits in the surrounding area. The operation is carried out by a mobile unit assisted by local auxiliaries, and it takes place during the summer.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Country :
- Lituanie
Sources
*Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos*, dirigée par Geoffrey Megargee ; Yitzhak Arad, *The Holocaust in the Soviet Union*.