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Murder story of Leipalingis Jews at the Leipalingis Catholic Cemetery
Murder Site
Leipalingis
Lithuania
On September 11, 1941, 154 (155, according to other sources) Jews - men, women, and children - were killed in the area of the Catholic cemetery southwest of Leipalingis, near the Seira River, by Germans and some Lithuanian volunteers. Three young men managed to escape from the murder site and survived.
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German Reports / Romanian Reports
The so-called Jäger Report describes the mass murders in Lithuania:
After the deployment of the mobile commando [Rollkommando] headed by the SS-Obersturmführer Hamann and 8-10 experienced men, the following actions were carried out in collaboration with the Lith. partisans:
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11.9.41 Leipalingis 60 [male] Jews 70 Jewesses 25 J. children [total] 155
ZENTRALE STELLE, LUDWIGSBURG 0.401 copy YVA O.53 / 3
Leipalingis
Catholic Cemetery
Murder Site
Lithuania
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