Category: Holocaust Massacres, Šiauliai
Categories: Holocaust Era Massacres | Šiauliai, Lithuania
Note: there were 3 separate massacres in June-Sep 1941 in this vicinity. (Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0iauliai_Ghetto 3 other sources)
- During the first weeks of the Nazi occupation (started 26 June 1941, about 8000 people were shot in the nearby Lieponiai forest near Kužiai. [3]
- In July 1941, the Germans moved 732 Jews and communists from the Šiauliai jail to the vicinity of Pročiūnai village, about 7 km (4.3 mi) southeast from Šiauliai, and murdered them there.[4]
- From 7–15 September 1941, about 1000 Jewish men, women and children from Šiauliai were killed in the Gubernija forest, about 6 km (3.7 mi) northwest of the city.[5]
Person Profiles (5)
Abram Girsh
20 Mar 1908 Linkuva, Panevesys, Литва, Российская империя
Golda Girsh
18 Apr 1914 Linkuva, Panevesys, Литва, Российская империя - Jun 1941
Miriam Girsh
1939 Radviliškis, Литва, Советский Союз - 1941
Nachum Girsh
14 Jul 1885 Pamūšis, Panevesys, Литва, Российская империя - Jun 1941
Chana (Mer) Girsh
abt 1881 Pamūšis, Panevesys, Литва, Российская империя - Jun 1941
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