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On
September 3-5, the area that had been cleansed of Jews in the
“Great Provocation” Aktion (in which the Germans faked a
gunfire attack by Jews on German soldiers) was fenced off, and 8,000
Jews of this city were murdered in “retribution.” Two ghettos
were established there: Ghetto No. 1 and Ghetto No. 2, separated by
Deutsche Street. On September 6, all the Jews of Vilna were banished
to the ghettos—30,000 to Ghetto No. 1, and 11,000 to Ghetto No. 2.
About 6,000 were taken to Ponary and murdered there. The Germans
appointed Judenraete in both ghettos the next day. |
