The military occupation of Lithuania by Nazi Germany lasted from the German invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 to the end of the Battle of Memel on 28 January 1945. At first, the Germans wer
Lithuanian Auxiliary Police Battalion inspection in Vilnius (March 1, 1942)
Lithuanian Jews and a German Wehrmacht soldier during the Holocaust in Lithuania (June 24, 1941)
Communist Party of Lithuania leader Antanas Sniečkus initiated the first mass deportations of Lithuanians in June 1941.
Kaunas pogrom in German-occupied Lithuania, June 1941. Photograph attributed to Wilhelm Gunsilius.
Lithuanian Auxiliary Police
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The Lithuanian Auxiliary Police was a Schutzmannschaft formation formed during the German occupation of Lithuania between 1941 and 1944, with the first battalions originating from the most reliable fr
German occupation of Lithuania during World War II
…Lithuanians formed several units that actively assisted Germans: Lithuanian Auxiliary Police Battalions – 26 battalions with 12,000–13,000 men Lithuanian Construction Battalions – 5 battalions with 2,500 men…
Lithuanian soldier escorting a group of Lithuanian Jews in Vilnius in July 1941