Historical Context
Events Chronicle
23-24 September 1943
Vilnius Ghetto was liquidated. There were about 11,000 people in the ghetto before its liquidation. All residents of the ghetto were divided into two groups: able men and women were sent to Estonian and Latvian concentration camps, while women and children (about 5,000) were transported to Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps and annihilated. Several hundred old and sick people were shot in Paneriai.
About 60,000 Jews are believed to have lived in Vilnius before the war. Only 2,000-3,000 people survived the Nazi occupation. About one third of the survivors were fugitives from the ghetto. Most of them had joined Soviet partisans.
Vilnius Ghetto was liquidated. There were about 11,000 people in the ghetto before its liquidation. All residents of the ghetto were divided into two groups: able men and women were sent to Estonian and Latvian concentration camps, while women and children (about 5,000) were transported to Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps and annihilated. Several hundred old and sick people were shot in Paneriai.
About 60,000 Jews are believed to have lived in Vilnius before the war. Only 2,000-3,000 people survived the Nazi occupation. About one third of the survivors were fugitives from the ghetto. Most of them had joined Soviet partisans.