1941 ⟶ Massacre of Vilnius Jewish Quarter Residents Begins

Murder of all 3,700 residents of the old Jewish quarter in V...
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💀 Massacre of Vilnius Jewish Quarter Residents Begins

Murder of all 3,700 residents of the old Jewish quarter in Vilnius begins at the Ponary death site along with 10 members of the Judenrat. First written testimony of occurrences at Ponary by a survivor.⟶
Massacre of Vilnius Jewish Quarter Residents Begins (1941)
LithuaniaVilniusPonaryJewsHolocaustMassacreWar CrimeGenocideExterminationJewish Council

💀 Ponary Massacre Killings Begin

Ponary massacre killings begin, with the shooting of Soviet POWs captured during Operation Barbarossa, which began two weeks earlier, and with the deportation of hundreds of Jews from Vilnius to Soviet dug fuel tank pits near the Ponariai suburb of Vilnius, where they are shot or buried alive. Reports by survivors are accepted as hallucinations. The mass deportations and shooting of Jews continued until 1943.⟶
Ponary Massacre Killings Begin (1941)
HolocaustMass MurderGenocideLithuaniaVilniusSoviet POWsJewsEastern FrontOperation BarbarossaNazi Germany

😠 The Great Provocation in Vilnius

"The Great Provocation" in Vilnius – German forces stage an attack on their soldiers by Jews, leading to a 'retaliation' mass arrest of the residents of old Jewish quarter, to be murdered at Ponary, three days later.⟶
The Great Provocation in Vilnius (1941)
LithuaniaVilniusGermanyJewsMassacreHolocaustAnti-SemitismPropagandaWar CrimePersecution

💀 Vilna Ghetto Yom Kippur Aktions Begin

Vilna Ghetto Yom Kippur Aktions (German annihilation operations) begin. In four separate incidents 3,900 Jews are kidnapped, shot and killed at the Ponary massacre death site, continued with an additional 2,000 Jews kidnapped and killed there, in the next two days.⟶
Vilna Ghetto Yom Kippur Aktions Begin (1941)
GermanyVilna GhettoLithuaniaHolocaustMassacreJewsPonaryKillingGenocide

✡️ Vilna Ghetto 'Criminal Aktion' Begins

Vilna Ghetto 'Criminal Aktion' begins, continued the next day. 157 Jews are killed at Ponary.⟶
Vilna Ghetto 'Criminal Aktion' Begins (1941)
Vilna GhettoHolocaustAktionJewish PersecutionLithuaniaPonaryMassacreNazi GermanyEastern Front

✡️ Vilna Ghetto Aktion: Jews Shot at Ponary Massacre Site

Vilna Ghetto 'Gestapo block' Aktion. 300 Jews shot at the Ponary massacre site.⟶
Vilna Ghetto Aktion: Jews Shot at Ponary Massacre Site (1941)
HolocaustVilna GhettoMassacrePonaryPersecutionJewsNazi GermanyEastern EuropeGenocideAktion