Massacre Kaunas pogrom
map sent stahlecker heydrich january 31, 1942 illustrating 1941 killings of jews in baltic states under stahlecker s command
starting on june 25, nazi-organized units attacked jewish civilians in slobodka (vilijampolÄ—), jewish suburb of kaunas hosted world-famous slabodka yeshiva. according rabbi ephraim oshry, there germans present on bridge slobodka, lithuanian volunteers killed jews. rabbi of slobodka, rav zalman osovsky, tied hand , foot chair, head laid upon open volume of gemora (volume of talmud) , [they] sawed head off , after murdered wife , son. head placed in window of residence, bearing sign: ll jews.
as of june 28, 1941, according stahlecker, 3,800 people had been killed in kaunas , further 1,200 in other towns in immediate region. believe stahlecker exaggerated murder tally.
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