When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, hundreds of Jews began fleeing the city, heading deeper into Soviet territory. At the same time hundreds of Jewish refugees fleeing from the advancing German Army arrived in the city. Four days after their invasion of the Soviet Union, the Germans conquered Šiauliai. As they entered the city they were accompanied by armed Lithuanian nationalists.
The photograph was taken by a German airman by the name of Schroder, who was stationed in Lithuania in 1941. The original album remains in the hands of his son, Emil Schroder.
An inscription next to the photograph reads: “Our Jewish Women”.
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The photograph was taken by a German airman by the name of Schroder, who was stationed in Lithuania in 1941. The original album remains in the hands of his son, Emil Schroder.
An inscription next to the photograph reads: “Our Jewish Women”.
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The photograph was taken by a German airman by the name of Schroder, who was stationed in Lithuania in 1941. The original album remains in the hands of his son, Emil Schroder
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The photograph was taken by a German airman by the name of Schroder, who was stationed in Lithuania in 1941. The original album remains in the hands of his son, Emil Schroder.
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The photograph was taken by a member of the SS.
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First row, from right: Rabbi Nachumovski, the city’s religious court judge. Second from right: Rabbi Aaron Baksht. First from left: attorney Azriel Abramovich
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The photograph taken by a German soldier in 1941, apparently in Siauliai.
The prisoners were forced to dig their own graves before they were murdered.
From a series of five photographs depicting the massacre.
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