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Murder story of Kavarskas Jews at the Kavarskas Jewish Cemetery
Murder Site
Kavarskas
Lithuania
Even before the arrival of German troops in Kavarskas, the anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisans arrested some 35-40 people, mostly Jews, as suspected former collaborators with the Soviets. In late June-early July 1941, the Germans, along with Lithuanian "white armbanders", escorted 15-20 middle-aged Jews, both men and women, to the Jewish cemetery northwest of the town, where the Germans shot them. The shooting lasted only a few minutes, and the bodies were then buried by the Lithuanians, who were assisted by a number of Soviet POWs from a local POW camp.
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Written Testimonies
Jonas Kadžionis, a former member of an anti-Soviet partisan squad, testifies:
There were some Jews in every small town, and in Kavarskas, too.… [Two] Lithuanians infected with the communist bacillus…, [t]he Savickai [Savickas couple; Savickas is a non-Jewish last name], were killed.… [T]hey were not bad people, but they were spreading communist ideas. At the shooting, Savickas’ wife raised her hand and proclaimed: ‘I am dying for Stalin!’ Sixteen people, most of them Jews, were shot.… Some time passed; the Jews were removed from Kavarskas; several families tried to hide in the woods. I know that a few families were caught and brought back to Kavarskas. They were later taken to Ukmergė and shot dead.
https://www.memoryofnations.eu/cs/node/2057?msclkid=0729570cbe3111ec8f26fd5aee290dbb
Kavarskas
Jewish cemetery
Murder Site
Lithuania
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