Murder site in the vicinity of Semeliskes
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Murder story of Zasliai Jews in the Semeliškės Area
Murder Site
Semeliškės Area
Lithuania
Jews from Semeliskes were murdered on October 6, 1941, along with Jews from Žasliai who had been transported there on September 22, in a grove 200 meters northeast of the town. According to the Jaeger report, 962 Jews were murdered in Semeliskes. Only three women and two children survived the massacre.
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Meir Korn, who was born in 1899 and stayed in Semeliškės during the war years, testified:
The women and children from Žasliai, the Vievis Jews and the Jews from Semeliskes were taken to a place not far from the village and shot. This took place on October 6, 1941. The Žasliai women and children were brought to Semeliskes on September 22, 1941, the first day of Rosh Hashanah.
On Monday, October 6, 1941, the first day of Sukkot, the police and the partisans drove out the Semeliskes Jews from the hall. They made them line up in groups, herded them on foot exactly one kilometer from the village, and shot them all. They did the same thing with the Jews from Vievis and Žasliai. The pit is located near a forest not far from the village.
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Murder site in the vicinity of Semeliskes
YVA, Photo Collection, 4043/101