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Murder story of Panevezys Jews in the Kaizerlingas Forest
Murder Site
Kaizerlingas Forest
Lithuania
At the beginning of July 1941, units of Lithuanian nationalists, backed by Germans, attacked the local Jews. Hundreds of injured Jews were led to the Kaizerlingas Forest, two kilometers southeast of Panevėžys, and murdered.
Related Resources
German Reports / Romanian Reports
ChGK Soviet Reports
Report of Karl Jaeger, commander of Einsatzkommando 3a:
... On July 21, 1941, 103 people were murdered in Panevezys: 59 Jewish men, 22 Jewish women, one Polish man, 22 Lithuanian communists and 9 Russian communists.
On July 22, 1941, one Jew was murdered in Panevėžys.
...
On July 28, 1941, 288 people were murdered in Panevėžys: 234 Jewish men, 15 Jewish women, 19 Russian Communists and 20 Lithuanian Communists ....
ZENTRALE STELLE, LUDWIGSBURG 0.401 copy YVA O.53 / 3
Kaizerlingas Forest
Murder Site
Lithuania
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