Eksterminacja żydów wileńskich i dzieje getta wileńskiego (1941–1944)
Extermination of the Vilnius Jews and the History of the Vilnius Ghetto (1941– 1944)

Summary/Abstract: The article gives a survey of the destruction of Vilnius Jews community, points out the most important stages in the history of Vilnius ghetto and typical features, provides statistics on victims, describes the inside structure of ghetto administration and its behavior, also activities by the anti-Nazi ghetto underground. The history of Vilnius Jews community and the ghetto in the period of Nazi occupation can be split into several periods: 1) discrimination and massacre of the Jews before the establishment of the ghetto (24 June 1941–August 1941); 2) the period when the ghettos No. 1 and No. 2 were formed and mass massacre was executed (September 1941–November 1941); 3) stability period (December 1941–March 1943); 4) the period when the small ghettos, work camps and the Vilnius ghetto were removed (April–September 1943); 5) imprisonment of Vilnius ghetto residents in concentration camps in Estonia, and in work camps in Vilnius (October 1943–September 1944).

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