Murder story of Lyntupy Jews in the Forest in the Łyntupy Christian Cemetery Area

On the morning of Saturday, December 23, [1942] the Jews noticed that the three houses had been surrounded by armed Lithuanian police…. At 8 AM, several German and Lithuanian policemen came from Święciany [Švenčionys]. About ten Jews were wounded and shot in their houses. The rest of the Jews – men, women, and children – were driven out of their houses with nothing but the clothes they were wearing. They were taken away in wagons under heavy guard in the direction of Michaliszki. Not far from the gravel road, half a kilometer from Łyntupy, near a forest not far from the Christian cemetery, all the Jews were shot at 3 PM that Saturday evening. Peasants from the town threw the murdered Jews in a single mass grave and covered it with dirt. While lying in the attic, these Jews saw all the Jews being taken from town. This happened at 2 PM. A short time later, they heard machine gun fire coming from near the Christian cemetery. The hidden Jews no longer had any doubts that those taken away had been shot.