Historical Context
Events Chronicle
6 September 1941
Establishment of the Vilnius Ghetto. The organization of the Vilnius Ghetto was initiated by the commissioner of the Vilnius City Hans Hingst in August 1941. Practical organizational work was entrusted to Hingst’s adjutant and reporter for Jewish affairs Franz Murer. Murer, together with the Vilnius Mayor Karolis Dabulevičius, selected the site for the ghetto in the Vilnius Old Town. 6 September 1941, the Vilnius Jews herded into the ghetto. About 30,000 Jews were transfered to the ghetto No. 1 and about 9,000 to 11,000 to the ghetto No. 2.
Establishment of the Vilnius Ghetto. The organization of the Vilnius Ghetto was initiated by the commissioner of the Vilnius City Hans Hingst in August 1941. Practical organizational work was entrusted to Hingst’s adjutant and reporter for Jewish affairs Franz Murer. Murer, together with the Vilnius Mayor Karolis Dabulevičius, selected the site for the ghetto in the Vilnius Old Town. 6 September 1941, the Vilnius Jews herded into the ghetto. About 30,000 Jews were transfered to the ghetto No. 1 and about 9,000 to 11,000 to the ghetto No. 2.