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TheŠvenčionėliai massacre was the mass murder of Jews duringthe Holocaust on October 8-10 1941, at the former Soviet military training ground inŽeimena forest, about 1.5km away fromŠvenčionėliai inLithuania, then known as theGeneralbezirk Litauen in theReichskommissariat Ostland.
The victims were fromŠvenčionys (estimated 2,000), Švenčionėliai, as well as from all places of the region:Ignalina (about 400–700 Jews),New Daugėliškis [lt] (about 40–50 Jews),Kaltanėnai (about 80 Jews),Linkmenys,Pabradė,Adutiškis andStajėtiškis (about 200 Jews),Saldutiškis andLabanoras (about 50–60 Jews),Mielagėnai (12 families),Salamianka village (2 families, about 30–40 Jews),Ceikiniai and others - the whole Jewish population of the region. According to German records, 3,726 Jews were murdered on October 9. The total estimated number of the murdered Jews was between 7,000 and 8,000. The murder was perpetrated byNazi Germany authorities, officers of the Švenčionys county police and the localHilfspolizei[1][2][3]
In 1961 a monument to the victims was erected at the site, reconstructed in 1993.[1] The site is protected by the state as acultural monument of historical and memorial value.[3]