Kaunas Ghetto “Great Action” Massacre at Ninth Fort, October 29, 1941
The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto, over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".
Date: October 29, 1941
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