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Declassified documents about the atrocities of the Nazis and Lithuanian punitive in Kaunas

The Russian Ministry of Defense continues to publish declassified documents, devoted to the Great Patriotic War. In section, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Kaunas - the second largest city in Lithuania - the materials are placed, telling about the atrocities as the Nazi invaders, and their associates from the local population.

Declassified documents about the atrocities of the Nazis and Lithuanian punitive in Kaunas

The Ministry of Defense has opened on its website a special section, dedicated to the liberation of Kaunas. The second most important city of the Lithuanian SSR was released in 1944 year.

In the declassified documents posted, devoted to this period. In particular, It published an act of 17 July of that year,, which tells about the actions of both the Nazi invaders, and their supporters from the ranks of the Lithuanian SS organization "Smovchiki" («Dushiteli»). The document deals with the atrocities committed in the town of Alytus district Merech Kaunas region Lithuanian SSR.

Formed in the early days of the occupation of the locals, grouping "Smovchiki" actively participated in the torture and abuse of the civilian population, and murder. The death squads for several days in November destroyed nearly 900 People - all of the local Jewish population, some of them - babies and the elderly. Many were buried alive or burned - also live. celebrated, the whole process is accompanied by mass rape and torture. Local Polish and Russian population, 200 human, stolen for slave labor in Germany.

Place for torture and murder

Individual documents are devoted to the atrocities in the Kaunas. celebrated, that for the period from October 1941 to March 1942 year in the forts, certain destruction under the seat, It killed about 22 thousand. human. 9-st fort was equipped specifically for the destruction of war and political prisoners.

Many Soviet POWs, which were placed in the 9th forte, died of starvation and torture: on the day they received 100 grams of bread and soup from beet, while prisoners are regularly driven to hard labor, killing those, who could not continue working. celebrated, that the daily will not be returned 15-20 human.

The document says, it is difficult to determine the exact number of dead, since the documents were burned by the Germans, but thanks to the testimony of local residents were able to establish, that only in the 9th fort were destroyed 40000 Soviet citizens and to 50000, brought from other areas. killed were burned, and the team burning, formed from POW, Jewish, and unreliable Lithuanians, were shot.

celebrated, that the 9th fort was not the only place, where people are destroyed. So, in the 6th fort were about tortured 30000 Soviet prisoners of war.

A separate document dedicated to the creation and destruction of the Kovno ghetto, which it has been collected about 40000 Jewish. It highlights the participation of local collaborators - TN. "Şawlïstı", in particular, participated in the mass execution 6000 elderly, women and children. In November, were shot even 12000 children and the elderly.

After joining the Red Army held a separate record of the surviving Jewish population of Kaunas. It turned, what from 40000 people survived only 643.

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