List of massacres in Lithuania

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Lithuania (numbers may be approximate):

NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
First Mass Execution of the Jews of Gargždai June 24, 1941 Gargždai 201The mass execution of Jewish men from Gargždai was the first of more than 250 mass execution of Jews committed by the Nazis and their Lithuanian collaborators during the Holocaust in Lithuania [1] [2]
Rainiai massacre June 24–25, 1941Rainiai, near Telšiai 70–80Mass murder of between 70 and 80 Lithuanian political prisoners by the NKVD, with help from the Red Army, in a forest near Telšiai during the night of June 24–25, 1941
Kaunas pogrom June 25–29, 1941 Kaunas 5,000
Seirijai massacreJune 26, 1941 Seirijai 50
Pryšmančiai massacreJune–September 1941Pryšmančiai, near Kretinga around 432
Lygumai massacre August 1941 Lygumai 180+about 80 men and over 100 women and children Jews were mass murdered by German Einsatzgruppen and local collaborators.
Strošiunai massacreAugust 1941Strošiunai, near Kaišiadorys 1,911 Jews
Obeliai massacreAugust 25, 1941 Obeliai 1,160 Jews
Liaudiškiai massacreAugust 25–26, 1941Liaudiškiai, near Šeduva 664 Jews
Pakralė massacreSeptember 4, 1941Pakralė, near Seredžius 193 Jews
Baraučiškė massacreSeptember 10–11, 1941Baraučiškė, near Seirijai 953 Jews
Semeliškės massacreOctober 6, 1941 Semeliškės 962 Jews
Kaunas massacre October 29, 1941 Kaunas 9,200
Koniuchy massacre January 29, 1944Koniuchy (now Kaniūkai)34In the territory of pre-WW2 Poland, now in Lithuania.
Ponary (Paneriai) massacre July 1941 - August 1944 Paneriai, Vilnius 100,000In the territory of pre-WW2 Poland, now in Lithuania.
Pirčiupiai massacre 3 June 1944Pirciupie (now Pirčiupiai)119In the territory of pre-WW2 Poland, now in Lithuania.
Glinciszki massacre 20 June 1944 Glitiškės 27In the territory of pre-WW2 Poland, now in Lithuania.
Dubingiai massacre 23 June 1944 Dubingiai 20-27
Draučiai shooting February 15, 1998 Draučiai 10 (including shooter)While the government initially suspected political motives, it turned out that it was most likely the result of mental illness.

References

  1. ↑ "The First Mass Execution of the Jews of Gargždai". Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania. Vilnius, Lithuania: Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum. 2010.
  2. ↑ "Execution of Jews in Gargždai". The Map of Holocaust by Bullets. Yahad-In Unum. 2012. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
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