Holocaust in Lithuania
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The Holocaust in Lithuania was the systematic persecution and mass murder of Lithuanian Jews by Nazi Germany and local collaborators during World War II, resulting in the near destruction of the country’s Jewish community.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Holocaust in Lithuania canonical | 2 |
| Holocaust in Kovno Ghetto | 1 |
| Holocaust in Švenčionys region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Holocaust in Lithuania Context triple: [Lithuanian Jewry, sufferedEvent, Holocaust in Lithuania]
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Holocaust in Latvia
The Holocaust in Latvia was the systematic persecution and mass murder of Latvian Jews and other targeted groups by Nazi Germany and local collaborators during World War II, resulting in the near-total destruction of the country’s prewar Jewish community.
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Holocaust in Belarus
The Holocaust in Belarus was the systematic persecution and mass murder of the Jewish population and other targeted groups in German-occupied Belarus during World War II, carried out through ghettos, mass shootings, and extermination operations.
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Lithuanian Jewry
Lithuanian Jewry refers to the historically influential Jewish communities of Lithuania and surrounding regions, renowned for their rich Talmudic scholarship, yeshiva culture, and distinctive intellectual traditions within Eastern European Jewry.
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Holocaust in Eastern Galicia
The Holocaust in Eastern Galicia was the systematic persecution and mass murder of the region’s Jewish population by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II, resulting in the near-total destruction of centuries-old Jewish communities.
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Holocaust in Hungary
The Holocaust in Hungary was the World War II-era genocide in which Hungary’s Jewish population was systematically persecuted, ghettoized, and largely deported to Nazi extermination camps, resulting in the murder of hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Holocaust in Lithuania Target entity description: The Holocaust in Lithuania was the systematic persecution and mass murder of Lithuanian Jews by Nazi Germany and local collaborators during World War II, resulting in the near destruction of the country’s Jewish community.
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Holocaust in Latvia
The Holocaust in Latvia was the systematic persecution and mass murder of Latvian Jews and other targeted groups by Nazi Germany and local collaborators during World War II, resulting in the near-total destruction of the country’s prewar Jewish community.
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Holocaust in Belarus
The Holocaust in Belarus was the systematic persecution and mass murder of the Jewish population and other targeted groups in German-occupied Belarus during World War II, carried out through ghettos, mass shootings, and extermination operations.
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Lithuanian Jewry
Lithuanian Jewry refers to the historically influential Jewish communities of Lithuania and surrounding regions, renowned for their rich Talmudic scholarship, yeshiva culture, and distinctive intellectual traditions within Eastern European Jewry.
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Holocaust in Eastern Galicia
The Holocaust in Eastern Galicia was the systematic persecution and mass murder of the region’s Jewish population by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II, resulting in the near-total destruction of centuries-old Jewish communities.
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Holocaust in Hungary
The Holocaust in Hungary was the World War II-era genocide in which Hungary’s Jewish population was systematically persecuted, ghettoized, and largely deported to Nazi extermination camps, resulting in the murder of hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews.
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Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust event
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genocide ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| aftermath |
near destruction of Lithuanian Jewish community
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ongoing debates about local collaboration ⓘ postwar Soviet trials of some collaborators ⓘ |
| cause |
German invasion of the Soviet Union
NERFINISHED
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Nazi antisemitic ideology ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | International Holocaust Remembrance Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Lithuania ⓘ |
| endTime | 1944 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfVictims | about 190000 to 200000 Jews ⓘ |
| location |
Kaunas
NERFINISHED
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Kaunas Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ Ninth Fort NERFINISHED ⓘ Panevėžys NERFINISHED ⓘ Ponary forest NERFINISHED ⓘ Vilna Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ Vilnius NERFINISHED ⓘ Šiauliai NERFINISHED ⓘ Šiauliai Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorial |
Ninth Fort Museum
NERFINISHED
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Paneriai Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ Vilna Ghetto memorial sites ⓘ |
| method |
deportation to concentration camps
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forced labor ⓘ ghettoization ⓘ mass shootings ⓘ |
| notablePerpetratorOrganization |
Lithuanian Activist Front
NERFINISHED
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Lithuanian Auxiliary Police NERFINISHED ⓘ Tautinio darbo apsauga ⓘ |
| partOf | Holocaust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Einsatzgruppen
NERFINISHED
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German SS NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ local Lithuanian collaborators ⓘ |
| proportionOfJewishPopulationKilled | about 90 to 95 percent ⓘ |
| resistance |
Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye
NERFINISHED
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Jewish partisan groups ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Great Action in Kaunas Ghetto
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Kaunas pogrom NERFINISHED ⓘ Ponary massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ liquidation of Kaunas Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ liquidation of Vilna Ghetto ⓘ |
| startTime | 1941-06-22 ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
Lithuanian Jews
NERFINISHED
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Polish Jews in Vilnius region ⓘ Roma NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ |
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Subject: Holocaust in Lithuania Description of subject: The Holocaust in Lithuania was the systematic persecution and mass murder of Lithuanian Jews by Nazi Germany and local collaborators during World War II, resulting in the near destruction of the country’s Jewish community.
Referenced by (4)
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