Kovno Jewish residents

German and Lithuanian authorities select Jews in the Kovno ghetto

📅 28 October 1941

German occupation officials selected more than 9,200 Jewish residents at Demokratų Square during the so-called Great Action. Those selected included many children, older people, and people...

Massacre at Fort IX kills 9,200 Kovno ghetto residents

📅 29 October 1941

German SS and police units and Lithuanian police auxiliaries murdered approximately 9,200 people from the Kovno ghetto at Fort IX. The previous day, German officials had selected the victims. The...