Categories Archives: Lithuania

Testimony: Zigmas – “We were forced to watch the shooting of the Jews. The Jews had to undress before the shooting.” From 2 to 17 November 2016, a Yahad in Unum team conducted its 10th research trip to Lithuania, in the regions of Marija...

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Testimony: Mykolas “At the beginning, they marked the Jews’ houses with the inscriptions “Hier Leben die Juden”. Then, they forced them to do all kinds of physical labor until the day they were shot. Local people looted the Jews...

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Testimony: “I saw 3 men digging a pit next to the synagogue. The “white armbanders” aimed their guns at them. All of a sudden, they started to shoot the Jews. One German fainted…” – Julijonas, born in 1930 in Anyksciai....

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Testimony: “Many Jews managed to escape on the day of shooting, – recalled Adelė, born in 1929 in Marcinkonys. – The day when my father and I were going to Darzeliai, seven Jews that were hiding had just been captured by the Germans. Our cart w...

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Testimony: Stanislava (born in 1929): “We went to the Utena market to sell our eggs with my father. Suddenly, my father stopped the cart. He started to shake. A group of Jews passed in front of us. They were the Jews of Utena. They were lined up at ...

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Testimony: “Contact information obtained from official sources led us to Feiga – a Jewish survivor who spent almost three years in the Kaunas ghetto. Her remarkable interview provides a deep insight into life on the other side of the fence. Th...

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Testimony: “In Gargždai, Gene, born in 1928, went to bring food to the women and Jewish children detained in a barn. She remembered that her father was requisitioned to transport the women and children to the execution site. They made several round...

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Testimony: “Jews were forced to work on peat bogs. After work, they used to come to the village to ask for food. A Jewish woman offered me a handbag because she was grateful that I gave her potatoes.” – Helena.   During this 14-day ...

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