Chronology of World War II
Tuesday, October 26
SS
Deportations from Kaunas, Lithuania
On October 26, 1943, the
SS
deported 2,709 persons from the Kaunas, Lithuania ghetto. Those deemed fit for work were sent to harsh labor camps in northern Estonia, while children and the elderly were deported to Auschwitz. Few survived. (Credit: George Kadish)