List of massacres in Lithuania


The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Lithuania :
NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
First Mass Execution of the Jews of GargždaiJune 24, 1941Gargždai201The mass execution of Jewish men from Gargždai was the first of more than 250 mass execution of Jews committed by the Nazis and their Lithuanian collaborators during the Holocaust in Lithuania
Rainiai massacreJune 24–25, 1941Rainiai, near Telšiai70–80Mass murder of between 70 and 80 Lithuanian political prisoners by the NKVD, with help from the Red Army, in a forest near Telšiai during the night of June 24–25, 1941
Kaunas pogromJune 25–29, 1941Kaunas5,000
Seirijai massacreJune 26, 1941Seirijai50
Pryšmančiai massacreJune–September 1941Pryšmančiai, near Kretingaaround 432
Lygumai massacreAugust 1941Lygumai180+about 80 men and over 100 women and children Jews were mass murdered by German Einsatzgruppen and local collaborators.
Strošiunai massacreAugust 1941Strošiunai, near Kaišiadorys1,911 Jews
Obeliai massacreAugust 25, 1941Obeliai1,160 Jews
Liaudiškiai massacreAugust 25–26, 1941Liaudiškiai, near Šeduva664 Jews
Pakralė massacreSeptember 4, 1941Pakralė, near Seredžius193 Jews
Baraučiškė massacreSeptember 10–11, 1941Baraučiškė, near Seirijai953 Jews
Semeliškės massacreOctober 6, 1941Semeliškės962 Jews
Kaunas massacreOctober 29, 1941Kaunas9,200
Koniuchy massacreJanuary 29, 1944Koniuchy 34In the territory of pre-WW2 Poland, now in Lithuania.
Ponary (Paneriai) massacreJuly 1941 - August 1944Paneriai, Vilnius100,000In the territory of pre-WW2 Poland, now in Lithuania.
Pirčiupiai massacre3 June 1944Pirciupie 119In the territory of pre-WW2 Poland, now in Lithuania.
Glinciszki massacre20 June 1944Glitiškės27In the territory of pre-WW2 Poland, now in Lithuania.
Dubingiai massacre23 June 1944Dubingiai20-27
Draučiai shootingFebruary 15, 1998Draučiai10 While the government initially suspected political motives, it turned out that it was most likely the result of mental illness.