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Biržai Jewish Massacre Site

Biržai District Municipality, Panevėžys, Lithuania – *No GPS coordinates

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During the Second World War, the Jewish population of Biržai was completely annihilated by SS occupiers. On 8 August 1941, Gestapo and Lithuanian collaborators (the "white armbanders") executed the entire Jewish population of the town, some 2,400 people, by shooting them to death at a mass grave in the Pakamponys forest 3 kilometres outside the town.


The Jews were told to gather in the synagogue. All precious jewelry was taken from them. Then white armbanders took people in groups of 100–200 to the Astravas grove where they were shot. The massacre lasted from 11 A.M. to 7 P.M. On that day all Biržai Jews were shot. According to data from a Soviet Special Commission, in all about 2,400 Jews were killed (900 children under 14, 780 women and 720 men). They were buried where they fell, in a mass grave.

During the Second World War, the Jewish population of Biržai was completely annihilated by SS occupiers. On 8 August 1941, Gestapo and Lithuanian collaborators (the "white armbanders") executed the entire Jewish population of the town, some 2,400 people, by shooting them to death at a mass grave in the Pakamponys forest 3 kilometres outside the town.


The Jews were told to gather in the synagogue. All precious jewelry was taken from them. Then white armbanders took people in groups of 100–200 to the Astravas grove where they were shot. The massacre lasted from 11 A.M. to 7 P.M. On that day all Biržai Jews were shot. According to data from a Soviet Special Commission, in all about 2,400 Jews were killed (900 children under 14, 780 women and 720 men). They were buried where they fell, in a mass grave.

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  • Added: 6 Dec 2023
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