The synagogue formed the heart of a once-thriving Jewish community that was virtually obliterated during the Holocaust. (JTA) — A new excavation has unearthed parts of the Great Synagogue of ...
In 1910, the city had over 100 synagogues, along with Jewish schools, publications, and charitable and political organizations. “The Jewish community is an integral part of Vilnius’ past and ...
During that time, 95% of Lithuania’s Jews were murdered, including 70,000 Jews from the Vilnius ghetto, who were executed and ...
In 1944, after months of using spoons to dig an escape tunnel beneath their barracks, 40 prisoners managed to crawl through the passage and flee the largest Nazi killing site in Lithuania.