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Murder Story of Vilkija Jews in Jagminiškiai
Murder Site
Jagminiškiai
Lithuania
Even before German forces entered Vilkija on June 26, 1941, Lithuanian nationalists began to persecute people, especially Jews, whom they identified with Soviet rule. Twenty-one Jews were condemned to death. On July 15 they were taken to the village of Jagminiškiai, where they were shot to death and buried.
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Written Accounts
Testimony of Moshe Karnovskii, who was born in Vilkija in 1907:
During the first days after the entry of the Germans into Vilkija, the "partisans" (Lithuanian nationalists) arrested a group of 21 Jews from the town. Although the latter had held minor positions when the Soviets ruled the country, this was a sufficient reason for the Lithuanians to accuse the Jews of aiding the Bolsheviks. Without any investigation or trial the nationalists took the Jews to the nearby town of Jagminiškiai and executed all of them on July 15, 1941. Local farmers said that before the Jews were murdered all their valuables were taken from them, and they were forced to take off their outer clothes. The nationalists forced the local farmers to cover over the pits where the Jews had been shot.
YVA O.71 / 145
Jagminiškiai
Murder Site
Lithuania
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