Shalom Yehuda “Shalom Yudel” SCHWARZMANAge: 71 years1870–1941
- Name
- Shalom Yehuda “Shalom Yudel” SCHWARZMAN
- Given names
- Shalom Yehuda
- Nickname
- Shalom Yudel
- Surname
- SCHWARZMAN
- Hebrew
- שלום יהודה שוורצמן
- Nickname
- Shalom Yudel
Birth | 1870 (5630) 35 Slobodka, Russia (Belarus) - סלבודקה, רוסיה-בלארוס |
Birth of a sister | Sarah Leah SCHWARZMAN 1870 (5630) Kraslava, Russia (Latvia) - קרסלבה, רוסיה-לטביה |
Marriage of a sibling | Ya'acov Abraham DAVIDOWITZ — Taube Hinda “Toba” SCHWARZMAN — View this family October 4, 1886 (Tishrei 5, 5647) (Age 16 years) Russia (Lithuania) - רוסיה, ליטא |
Birth of a son #1 | Nachum David SCHWARZMAN October 11, 1895 (Tishrei 23, 5656) (Age 25 years) |
Birth of a son #2 | Benyamin Shmuel SCHWARZMAN 1902 (5662) (Age 32 years) |
Birth of a son #3 | Meir SCHWARZMAN 1907 (5667) (Age 37 years) Tavrig-Taurogen, Russia (Lithuania) - טרוגן, רוסיה-ליטא |
Birth of a daughter #4 | Sheine Dvore SCHWARZMAN 1911 (5671) (Age 41 years) Tavrig-Taurogen, Russia (Lithuania) - טרוגן, רוסיה-ליטא |
Death of a son | Benyamin Shmuel SCHWARZMAN May 7, 1914 (Iyar 11, 5674) (Age 44 years) Publication: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Lithuania/VitalRecs.htm Text: SHVARTSMAN, Bene - Shmuyel b. Sholom
12, from Taurage community
Burial tickets-Police permission to bury the dead
7 May 1914
Taurage, Raseiniai, Kaunas
KRA/I-453/1/12, 9, 9, 25 |
Marriage of a child | Mendel Girsh ERDMAN — Sheine Dvore SCHWARZMAN — View this family June 16, 1931 (Tamuz 1, 5691) (Age 61 years) Publication: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Lithuania/VitalRecs.htm Text: Taurage, Raseiniai, Kaunas
16/6/1931
ERDMANAS / [ERDMAN], Mendelis Girshas / Mendel Girsh b. Heselis / Khesel, SHEFERAITE / [SHEFER] Feige
Tverai 31
SHVARCMANAITE / [SHVARTZMAN], Sheine Dvore b. Sholomas Judelis / Sholom Yudel, HIRSHOVICHAITE / [KHIRSHOVICH] Base
Taurage 20
husband is a farmer, wife is a housekeeper
Witness: Osheras Nisonas ZAKAS / [ZAK], Shlioma LEIBOVICHIUS / [LEIBOVICH], Aronas KARPAS / [KARP]
Taurage 1931 Marriage
10 Not filmed /
LVIA/1817/284 |
Marriage of a child | Nachum David SCHWARZMAN — Leah DOLNITZKY — View this family June 21, 1931 (Tamuz 6, 5691) (Age 61 years) Publication: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Lithuania/VitalRecs.htm Text: Kaunas, 21/6/1931
SHVARTSMANAS / [SHVARTSMAN], Nochumas / Nokhum
DOLNITZKY, Leakh
Father: Sholomas / Sholom GIRSHOVICHAITE / [GIRSHOVICH], Base, Riga
Bride father: Morduchas / Mordukh, ZLATKOVICHAITE / [ZLATKOVICH] Khasia, Riga
1895
1906
Husband merchant, born in Taurage, wife housekeeper, born in Kaunas
Witness: I.ROZENSONAS, L.LIPETSAS, M.KARKAS
Kaunas 1931
Marriage 266, Not filmed, LVIA/1817/1/90 |
Occupation | Cattle Trader 1931 (5691) (Age 61 years)Address: Bažnyčių g.,
Tauragė 72253,
Lithuania Hebrew: סוחר בקר Note: From Lithuanian government survey of shops - 1931 |
Birth of a grandson #1 | Feiva ERDMAN 1932 (5692) (Age 62 years) Tverai, Lithuania - Tverai [Lith], Tver - טווער [Yid], Tvery - Тверы [Rus], Twery [Pol] Source: Page of Testimony - Yad Vashem Text: Last Name Erdman
First Name Feiva
Gender Male
Age 9
Date of Birth 1932
Place of Birth Tverai,Telsiai,Lithuania
Father's First Name Hirshel Erdman
Mother's First Name Sani Shwartzman
Permanent Place of Residence unstated place
Place of Death Rainai, Siauliai,Lithuania
Date of Death 07/1941
Status according to Source murdered
Submitter's Last Name Galko
Submitter's Last Name Sweid
Submitter's First Name Feiga
Source Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection
Type of material Page of Testimony
Item ID 1113318 |
Birth of a grandson #2 | Mordachai SCHWARZMAN June 6, 1934 (Sivan 23, 5694) (Age 64 years) |
Birth of a grandson #3 | Benyamin ERDMAN 1936 (5696) (Age 66 years) Tverai, Lithuania - Tverai [Lith], Tver - טווער [Yid], Tvery - Тверы [Rus], Twery [Pol] |
Death of a sister | Taube Hinda “Toba” SCHWARZMAN March 31, 1937 (Nissan 19, 5697) (Age 67 years) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - פילדלפיה, ארה"ב |
Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Debora SCHWARZMAN December 6, 1939 (Kislev 24, 5700) (Age 69 years) |
Residence | between 1913 (5673) and 1941 (5701) (Age 43 years) Tavrig-Taurogen, Russia (Lithuania) - Tauragė [Lith], Tovrik - טאווריג [Yid], Tauroggen [Ger], Taurogen - Тауроги / Тауроген [Rus], Taurogi [Pol], Tauraģe [Latv] Address: Shkola ulica,
Taurage, Raseiniai Uyezd, Kovno Guberniya,
Russia.
After 1920:
57 Bažnyčių g.,
Tauragė 72253,
Lithuania
Phone: 63 Publication: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Lithuania/VitalRecs.htm Text: Municipal Electors 1913
SHVARTSMAN, Sholom b. Leyb
43
House owner; #391 on last family list
Municipal Electors 1913
Taurage, Raseiniai, Kaunas
KRA/I-49/1/30195, 186
Real Estate Owners
SHVARTSMAN, Sholom
owns real estate at School (Shkola) street
28 Nov 1913
Taurage, Raseiniai, Kaunas
KRA/453/1/8, 127, 5 Note: See Taurage phone book for 1939: https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/tavrig/tavapp3.html |
Death of a grandson | Mordachai SCHWARZMAN 1941 (5701) (on the date of death) Cause: Holocaust Victim Publication: List of Latvian Jews based on 1935 Latvian census.
http://names.lu.lv/ Citation details: http://names.lu.lv/cgi-bin/one?lang=en&code=001721716809 Text: NAMES AND FATES 1941-1945
Family name SCHWARZMANN
Maiden name
Other family name
Given name Morduchay
Father Nochum David
Mother Lea nee DOLNITZKY
Date of birth 1934 06 06
Place of birth Riga
Date of death
Place of death
Prewar residence Riga
War residence Riga
Occupation
Gender M
Family status Child
Spouse
Fate in 1941-1945
Source [2] House Registers, [10] List of inhabitants for 1939.
Comments Lithuanian citizen |
Death of a granddaughter | Debora SCHWARZMAN 1941 (5701) (on the date of death) Age: 1.5 Cause: Holocaust Victim Publication: List of Latvian Jews based on 1935 Latvian census.
http://names.lu.lv/ Citation details: http://names.lu.lv/cgi-bin/one?lang=en&code=672635384622 Text: NAMES AND FATES 1941-1945
Family name SCHWARZMANN
Maiden name
Other family name
Given name Debora
Father Nochum David
Mother Lea nee DOLNITZKY
Date of birth 1939 12 06
Place of birth Riga
Date of death
Place of death
Prewar residence Riga
War residence Riga
Occupation
Gender F
Family status Child
Spouse
Fate in 1941-1945
Source [2] House Registers, [3] Birth Records, [10] List of inhabitants for 1939.
Comments Lithuanian citizen |
Death of a grandson | Feiva ERDMAN July 1941 (Tamuz 5701) (Age 71 years) Cause: Holocaust Victim Source: Page of Testimony - Yad Vashem Text: Last Name Erdman
First Name Feiva
Gender Male
Age 9
Date of Birth 1932
Place of Birth Tverai, Telsiai, Lithuania
Father's First Name Hirshel Erdman
Mother's First Name Sani Shwartzman
Permanent Place of Residence unstated place
Place of Death Rainai, Telsai, Lithuania
Date of Death 07/1941
Status according to Source murdered
Submitter's Last Name Galko
Submitter's Last Name Sweid
Submitter's First Name Feiga
Source Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection
Type of material Page of Testimony
Item ID 1113318 |
Death of a grandson | Benyamin ERDMAN July 1941 (Tamuz 5701) (Age 71 years) Cause: Holocaust Victim Source: Page of Testimony - Yad Vashem Text: Last Name Ardman
First Name Beniamin
Gender Male
Age 5
Date of Birth 1936
Place of Birth Taviar, Ukmerge, Lithuania
Father's First Name Hirshel
Mother's First Name Fani
Mother's Maiden Name Shvartzman
Permanent Place of Residence unstated place
Place of Death Telsiai,Lithuania
Status according to Source murdered
Submitter's Last Name Galko
Submitter's Last Name Shweid
Submitter's First Name Feiga
Source Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection
Type of material Page of Testimony
Item ID 5650860 |
Death of a son | Nachum David SCHWARZMAN 1941 (5701) (on the date of death) Riga, Latvia - ריגה, לטביה Cause: Holocaust Victim Text: Last Name Scharzman
Last Name Shvartzman
First Name Nachum
First Name Nakhum
Gender Male
Place of Birth Russia (USSR)
Father's First Name Shalom
Father's First Name Yehuda
Mother's First Name Khaia
Marital Status Married
Permanent Place of Residence unstated place
Profession Engineer
Place during the War Lithuania
Place of Death Riga,Rigas,Vidzeme,Latvia
Status according to Source murdered
Submitter's Last Name Dazorchev
Submitter's First Name Kasia
Relationship to Victim Relative
Source Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection
Type of material Page of Testimony
Item ID 664722 Note: Killed on 30th November or 8th December 1941 in massacre at Rumbula Forest near Riga.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumbula_massacre |
Death of a son | Meir SCHWARZMAN 1941 (5701) (on the date of death) Riga, Latvia - ריגה, לטביה Cause: Holocaust Victim Text: Last Name Scharzman
Last Name Shvartzman
First Name Meir
Gender Male
Place of Birth Russia (USSR)
Father's First Name Shalom
Father's First Name Yehuda
Mother's First Name Khaia
Marital Status Single
Permanent Place of Residence Riga,Rigas,Vidzeme,Latvia
Profession Merchant
Place during the War Riga, Rigas, Vidzeme,Latvia
Place of Death Riga,Rigas, Vidzeme, Latvia
Status according to Source murdered
Submitter's Last Name Dazorchev
Submitter's First Name Kasia
Source Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection
Type of material Page of Testimony
Item ID 763031 Note: Killed on 30th November or 8th December 1941 in massacre at Rumbula Forest near Riga.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumbula_massacre |
Death of a sister | Sarah Leah SCHWARZMAN 1941 (5701) (on the date of death) Slobodka, Poland (Belarus) - סלובודקה, פולין-בלארוס Cause: Holocaust Victim |
Event | Holocaust Victim קורבן שואה |
Death | 1941 (5701) (Age 71 years) Tavrig-Taurogen, Lithuania - Tauragė [Lith], Tovrik - טאווריג [Yid], Tauroggen [Ger], Taurogen - Тауроги / Тауроген [Rus], Taurogi [Pol], Tauraģe [Latv] Cause of death: Holocaust Victim - קורבן שואה Publication: https://yvng.yadvashem.org/ Text: Last Name Scharzman
Last Name Shvartzman
First Name Schalom
First Name Shalom
First Name Yehuda
Gender Male
Place of Birth Slobodka,Kaunas,Lithuania
Marital Status Married
Permanent Place of Residence Memel,Klaipeda,Lithuania
Profession Merchant
Place during the War Memel,Klaipeda,Lithuania
Status according to Source murdered
Submitter's Last Name Dazorchev
Submitter's First Name Kasia
Relationship to Victim Relative
Source Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection
Type of material Page of Testimony
Item ID 1969105 Text: Last Name Scharzman
Last Name Shvartzman
First Name Schalom
First Name Shalom
First Name Yehuda
Gender Male
Place of Birth Slobodka,Kaunas,Lithuania
Marital Status Married
Permanent Place of Residence Memel,Klaipeda,Lithuania
Profession Merchant
Place during the War Memel,Klaipeda,Lithuania
Status according to Source murdered
Submitter's Last Name Dazorchev
Submitter's First Name Kasia
Relationship to Victim Relative
Source Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection
Type of material Page of Testimony
Item ID 1969105 Note: Lived and probably killed in Taurage, Tavrig-Taurogen. Kasia Dezerchov gives place of death as Memel, but this seems unlikely. |
Burial | Memel, Lithuania - Klaipėda [Lith], Memel - מעמל [Ger, Yid], Klaypeda - Клайпеда / Мемель [Rus], Kłajpeda [Pol], Klaipēda [Latv] - קבר אחים Cemetery: Mass Grave |
Family with parents |
father |
|
mother |
… FINKELSTEIN … פינקלשטיין Birth: between 1835 (5595) and 1838 (5598) 25 23 — Vainutas, Russia (Lithuania) Death: Russia (Latvia) |
twin sister |
Sarah Leah SCHWARZMAN שרה לאה שוורצמן Birth: 1870 (5630) 35 — Kraslava, Russia (Latvia) Death: 1941 (5701) — Slobodka, Poland (Belarus) |
brother |
|
himself |
Shalom Yehuda “Shalom Yudel” SCHWARZMAN שלום יהודה שוורצמן Birth: 1870 (5630) 35 — Slobodka, Russia (Belarus) Death: 1941 (5701) — Tavrig-Taurogen, Lithuania |
-6 years elder sister |
Taube Hinda “Toba” SCHWARZMAN טויבה הינדא שוורצמן Birth: 1863 (5623) 28 — Dvinsk, Russia (Latvia) Death: March 31, 1937 (Nissan 19, 5697) — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Family with Chaya or Base HIRSHKOWITZ |
himself |
Shalom Yehuda “Shalom Yudel” SCHWARZMAN שלום יהודה שוורצמן Birth: 1870 (5630) 35 — Slobodka, Russia (Belarus) Death: 1941 (5701) — Tavrig-Taurogen, Lithuania |
wife |
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son |
Nachum David SCHWARZMAN נחום שוורצמן Birth: October 11, 1895 (Tishrei 23, 5656) 25 — Tavrig-Taurogen, Russia (Lithuania) Death: 1941 (5701) — Riga, Latvia |
7 years son |
Benyamin Shmuel SCHWARZMAN בנימין שמואל שוורצמן Birth: 1902 (5662) 32 — Tavrig-Taurogen, Russia (Lithuania) Death: May 7, 1914 (Iyar 11, 5674) — Tavrig-Taurogen, Russia (Lithuania) |
6 years son |
Meir SCHWARZMAN מאיר שוורצמן Birth: 1907 (5667) 37 — Tavrig-Taurogen, Russia (Lithuania) Death: 1941 (5701) — Riga, Latvia |
5 years daughter |
Sheine Dvore SCHWARZMAN שיינע דבורה שוורצמן Birth: 1911 (5671) 41 — Tavrig-Taurogen, Russia (Lithuania) Death: 1942 (5702) — Telz-Telsai, Lithuania |
Residence | JewishGen - All Lithuania Database Publication: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Lithuania/VitalRecs.htm Text: Municipal Electors 1913
SHVARTSMAN, Sholom b. Leyb
43
House owner; #391 on last family list
Municipal Electors 1913
Taurage, Raseiniai, Kaunas
KRA/I-49/1/30195, 186
Real Estate Owners
SHVARTSMAN, Sholom
owns real estate at School (Shkola) street
28 Nov 1913
Taurage, Raseiniai, Kaunas
KRA/453/1/8, 127, 5 |
Death | Kasia Swartzman Dezerchov & Chaya Swartzman - Page of Testimony Publication: https://yvng.yadvashem.org/ Text: Last Name Scharzman
Last Name Shvartzman
First Name Schalom
First Name Shalom
First Name Yehuda
Gender Male
Place of Birth Slobodka,Kaunas,Lithuania
Marital Status Married
Permanent Place of Residence Memel,Klaipeda,Lithuania
Profession Merchant
Place during the War Memel,Klaipeda,Lithuania
Status according to Source murdered
Submitter's Last Name Dazorchev
Submitter's First Name Kasia
Relationship to Victim Relative
Source Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection
Type of material Page of Testimony
Item ID 1969105 |
Death | Kasia Dezerchov - Page of Testimony Text: Last Name Scharzman
Last Name Shvartzman
First Name Schalom
First Name Shalom
First Name Yehuda
Gender Male
Place of Birth Slobodka,Kaunas,Lithuania
Marital Status Married
Permanent Place of Residence Memel,Klaipeda,Lithuania
Profession Merchant
Place during the War Memel,Klaipeda,Lithuania
Status according to Source murdered
Submitter's Last Name Dazorchev
Submitter's First Name Kasia
Relationship to Victim Relative
Source Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection
Type of material Page of Testimony
Item ID 1969105 |
Source | Kasia Swartzman Dezerchov & Chaya Swartzman - Page of Testimony Publication: https://yvng.yadvashem.org/ |
Source | JewishGen - All Lithuania Database Publication: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Lithuania/VitalRecs.htm Text: Internal Passport Application
26 Jan 1922
Plento st., Taurage
SVARCMANAS / [SHVARTSMAN], Sholem,
394, Pages #155 - 157.
He got visa for Latvia. Internal Passport Application
LCVA/408/3/70 |
Source | JewishGen - All Lithuania Database Publication: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Lithuania/VitalRecs.htm Text: The Hamelitz Database
SHWARTZMAN Shalom Yehuda Taurage, Lith. Hamelitz #20 1901
SHWARTZMANN Shalom Yehuda Taurage, Lith. Hamelitz #61 1897
SHWARTZMANN Shalom Yehuda s-i-l of Tzvi Hirshowitz Taurage, Lith. Hamelitz # 132 1898 |
Occupation | From Lithuanian government survey of shops - 1931 |
Residence | See Taurage phone book for 1939: https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/tavrig/tavapp3.html |
Death | Lived and probably killed in Taurage, Tavrig-Taurogen. Kasia Dezerchov gives place of death as Memel, but this seems unlikely. |
Death | THE FIRST MASS EXECUTION OF THE JEWS OF TAURAGĖ
The first mass execution of the Jews of Tauragė was carried out on July 2, 1941, by soldiers of the German Gestapo and SD. A few days after the city Tauragė was overrun by the German military commander of GPP Laugszargen Kriminalsekretär Schwarz was ordered by commander of Gestapo Tilsit, SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Joachim Böhme to round up all Jews and Communists and to prepare them for execution. The order was carried out by Gestapo from GPP Laugszargen and by Lithuanian police. The date of the execution was set to July 2 by Böhme. That day Böhme and commander of SD Tilsit SS-Sturmführer Werner Hersmann arrived with soldiers of Gestapo Tilsit and SD Tilsit. Together with the Gestapo GPP Laugszargen the number of German soldiers was about 20–30 men.
The execution was carried out at a trench next to a destroyed farm building, outside of Tauragė in the village Visbutai. The victims had to wait at the destroyed building where all their valuables were taken from them. Meanwhile, a number of Jews were forced to deepen the trench which was to become their g rave. The victims were led to the pit in small groups where they had to kneel down at the edge. Then they were shot in the neck with a pistol and simultaneously pushed in the back so they would fall into the pit. The shooters were Gestapo and SD men. That day 133 men were shot in total. Nearly all of them were Jews, although there were a few Communists as well. Among the victims were Jewish doctor Dr. Joffe and Jewish dentist Dr. Möst.
The number of victims was reported by Böhme and Hersmann to RSHA and chief of the EGr A SS-Brigardeführer Franz Walter Stahlecker.
Address: Tauragė district, Mažonai administrative district, Visbutai village
Victim number: 133
Victims
MöstasJoffe
Perpetrators
Gestapo Tilsit, led by H. J. Böhme;
SD Tilsit, led by W. Hersmann;
GPP Laugszargen, led by Schwarz;
Lithuanian policemen
HOW TO FIND?
Going down the main Šilalės street in Tauragė (road no. 164), turn onto Aerodromo street. Go to the end towards Visbutai. After crossing the creek, you’ll see a road on the right and a commemorative marker standing by its side. Go another 200 meters until you see the monument on the right.
Latitude: 55.263200 Longitude: 22.267817
MONUMENT
Inscription “At this place in 1941 Hitler’s murderers and their local helpers murdered 900 men: Jews and a few Lithuanians” (in Yiddish and Lithuanian)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
KZ-Verbrechen vor deutschen Gerichten, bd. II: Einsatzkommando Tilsit. Der Prozeß zu Ulm, ed. Van Dam H. G.,
Giordiano R., Frankfurt a. M., 1996;
Justiz und NS-Verbrechen cd 15, case no. 465, ed. Sagel-Grande Irene, Bauer Fritz, Amsterdam, 1976;
The Einsatzgruppen Reports, ed. Arad Y., Krakowski Sh., Spector Sh., New York, 1989, p. 16.
http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/168/ |
Death | MASS MURDER OF THE JEWISH WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF TAURAGĖ NEAR GRYBLAUKIS VILLAGE
Under ageneral order by commander of Gestapo Tilsit SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Joachim Böhme, the Jewish women and children of Tauragė were rounded up by Lithuanian auxiliary policemen and Gestapo from GPP Laugszargen. They were brought to 3 sheds in the area of the Batakai railway station where they were imprisoned and guarded by Lithuanian auxiliary police. Commander of GPP Laugszargen Kriminalsekretär Schwarz suggested to Böhme to blow these sheds up, but Böhme feared the destruction of the nearby railway station. Schwarz then was assigned to organize the shooting of the Jewish women and children.
The exact date of the shooting is unknown: it was either at the end of August or the beginning of September. The shooting was carried out in a forest about 2–3 kilometres outside of Batakiai in a swampy area close to the village of Gryblaukis. The victims were forced to dig a 100 meter long ditch which was to become their grave. Then they were forced to hand over their valuables and completely undress. Extremely exhausted, thirsty and tired, the victims were forced to line up at the edge of the pit and were shot either by shots to the neck or with machine guns. Some of the victims were still alive before they were buried. Before shooting vodka was given to the Lithuanians. The shooting photographed by Gestapo soldiers.
At least 500 Jewish women and children were murdered on that day, although most sources say that the number of victims was between 1,500 and 1,800. Schwarz reported the event to Böhme who forwarded them to the RSHA and chief of the Einsatzgruppe A SS-Brigardeführer Franz Walter Stahlecker.
Address: Tauragė district, Batakiai administrative district, Puželiai village, Gryblaukis forest
Victim number: 500-1800
Perpetrators
GPP Laugszargen, led by Schwarz;
Lithuanian auxiliary policemen;
HOW TO FIND?
Going from Tauragė towards Kryžkalnis on the A12 highway, turn off at the second sign to Batakiai. Go several kilometers until you see a left turn and a commemorative marker. Go about 1 km in the direction of the forest. Then you’ll see the second commemorative marker. Turn right. The monument is 100 meters further on.
Latitude: 55.373233 Longitude: 22.532217
MONUMENT
Status of the site: Protected by state, Unique site code 20688
Inscription “At this place in 1941, Hitler’s murderers and their helpers killed 1800 Jewish women and children” (in Yiddish and Lithuanian)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
KZ-Verbrechen vor deutschen Gerichten, bd. II: Einsatzkommando Tilsit. Der Prozeß zu Ulm, ed. Van Dam H. G.,
Giordiano R., Frankfurt a. M., 1996;
Justiz und NS-Verbrechen, bd. 15, case no. 465, ed. Sagel-Grande Irene, Bauer Fritz, Amsterdam, 1976;
http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/169/ |
Death | THE THIRD MASS EXECUTION OF THE JEWS OF TAURAGĖMinimize|To list|Print
ABOUT MASSACRE
After the first two shootings in Tauragė, the Jewish women and children of Tauragė were arrested by Gestapo men of the GPP Laugszargen (Lauksargiai) and Lithuanian policemen, under the command of Kriminalsekretär Schwarz. The victims were detained in construction sheds on Vytautas str. and guarded by Lithuanian policemen.
On an unknown day in September the Jews were brought on trucks to a wood close to the old cemetery of Taurage and the Sunja (Šunjė) river. The victims had to hand in all their valuables and undress. They were treated very cruelly by the Lithuanian and German guards.
At least 130 people (although some sources say far more than 1000 people) were shot on that day. The shooters were Lithuanian auxiliary policemen and Gestapo men of the GPP Laugszargen. The Gestapo handed out Vodka to the Lithuanian auxiliary policemen, so it can be assumed that they very drunk during the shooting. Schwarz again took photos of the atrocities.
Schwarz reported the number of people shot to the Gestapo Tilsit, from where it was reported to the RSHA and the commander of EGr. A SS-Brigardeführer Franz Walter Stahlecker.
Address: Tauragė district, Mažonai administrative district, Antšunija village
Victim number: 130
Perpetrators
GPP Laugszargen, led by Schwarz;
Lithuanian auxilary police
HOW TO FIND?
Going from Tauragė towards Šilutė, on road no. 164, approximately 5 km outside the city on the left side of the road you'll see a commemorative marker and the memorial for the second mass execution. Walk arround the memorial and in 100 m you'll see the memorial for the third mass execution.
Latitude: 55.299740 Longitude: 22.299972
BIBLIOGRAPHY
KZ-Verbrechen vor deutschen Gerichten, bd. II: Einsatzkommando Tilsit. Der Prozeß zu Ulm, ed. Van Dam H. G.,
Giordiano R., Frankfurt a. M., 1996
Justiz und NS-Verbrechen, bd. 15, case no. 465, ed. Irene Sagel-Grande, Fritz Bauer, Amsterdam, 1976
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