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The Ponary massacre (Polish: zbrodnia w Ponarach), or the Paneriai massacre (Lithuanian: Panerių žudynės), was the mass murder of up to 100,000 people, mostly Jews, Poles, and Russians, by German SD and SS and the Lithuanian Ypatingasis būrys killing squads, [3] [4] [5] during World War II and the Holocaust in the Generalbezirk Litauen of Reichskommissariat Ostland.
including 35 women and 47 children Kurów massacre of 1944 6 March 1944 Kurów Nazi Germany: 45 Poles Victims were captured resistance members from the region. [65] Jamy massacre 8 March 1944 Jamy Nazi Germany: 152 Poles Jabłoń-Dobki massacre: 8 March 1944 Jabłoń-Dobki Nazi Germany: 91 Poles including 31 women and 31 children [58] Markowa ...
The Kaunas massacre of October 29, 1941, also known as the Great Action, was the largest mass murder of Lithuanian Jews. [1]By the order of SS-Standartenführer Karl Jäger and SS-Rottenführer Helmut Rauca, the Sonderkommando under the leadership of SS-Obersturmführer Joachim Hamann, and 8 to 10 men from Einsatzkommando 3, murdered 2,007 Jewish men, 2,920 women, and 4,273 children [2] in a ...
For decades, many have told stories about an escape tunnel that was dug by hand at Ponar, Lithuania, aHolocaust mass burial site. Recently, researchers working as part of an upcoming NOVA ...
Pages in category "Victims of the Ponary massacre" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Map of Vilna Ghetto (small ghetto, in olive-green) In order to pacify the predominantly poorer Jewish quarter in the Vilnius Old Town and force the rest of the more affluent Jewish residents into the new German-envisioned ghetto, the Nazis staged – as a pretext – the Great Provocation incident on 31 August 1941, led by SS Einsatzkommando 9 Oberscharführer Horst Schweinberger under orders ...
Columbine High School massacre: Two students opened fire on their classmates and staff, killing 13 before committing suicide. Brief portions of the shooting were captured on the school's security camera system. [21] [22] [23] March 21, 2005
Frances Slocum was one of ten children born to Jonathan and Ruth (Tripp) Slocum. The exact date of Frances's birth is uncertain, [ 4 ] but it is believed to have been March 4, 1773. [ 2 ] The Slocum family, who were Quakers and pacifists, emigrated from Warwick, Rhode Island , to the Wyoming Valley in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania , in 1777.