Holocaust in the Baltic states
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The Holocaust in the Baltic states was the systematic persecution and mass murder of Jews and other targeted groups by Nazi Germany and local collaborators in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Holocaust in the Baltic states canonical | 1 |
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust
ⓘ
crime against humanity ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Reichskommissariat Ostland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1944 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfVictims |
approximately 190000 to 200000 Lithuanian Jews
ⓘ
approximately 70000 to 75000 Latvian Jews ⓘ the vast majority of Estonia’s prewar Jewish population ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
German invasion of the Soviet Union
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Estonia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latvia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTarget | Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorializedBy |
Holocaust memorials in Estonia
ⓘ
Holocaust memorials in Latvia ⓘ Holocaust memorials in Lithuania ⓘ |
| method |
concentration camps
ⓘ
deportation ⓘ forced labor ⓘ gas vans ⓘ ghettoization ⓘ mass shootings ⓘ starvation ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Ponary massacre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rumbula massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ massacres at Bikernieki forest ⓘ massacres at Fort IX in Kaunas ⓘ massacres at Kalevi-Liiva ⓘ |
| notableSite |
Kaiserwald concentration camp
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kaunas Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ Klooga concentration camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Riga Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ Salaspils camp NERFINISHED ⓘ Vilna Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Jewish resistance groups
ⓘ
Soviet partisans ⓘ |
| partOf |
Holocaust
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Nazi Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local collaborators ⓘ |
| responsibleUnit |
Einsatzgruppe A
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Einsatzgruppen NERFINISHED ⓘ German police battalions NERFINISHED ⓘ SS NERFINISHED ⓘ collaborationist militias ⓘ local auxiliary police units ⓘ |
| result | near destruction of prewar Jewish communities in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania ⓘ |
| startTime | 1941 ⓘ |
| victim |
Jews
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roma NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet prisoners of war ⓘ local non‑Jewish civilians ⓘ people with disabilities ⓘ political opponents ⓘ |
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