Chronology of World War II

Tuesday, October 26

SS Deportations from Kaunas, Lithuania


<i>SS</i> 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)