Vilna Ghetto
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The Vilna Ghetto was a World War II Jewish ghetto established and operated by Nazi Germany in the city of Vilnius in the modern country of Lithuania, at the time part of the Nazi-administered Reichsko
Vilna Ghetto (Julian Klaczko Street), 1941
Lithuanian Nazi policeman with Jewish prisoners, July 1941
A monument in memory of the Jews of Vilnius who were murdered in the Holocaust. In Kiryat Shaul cemetery in Tel Aviv
Straszuna Street (the Polish name), now Žemaitijos Street, in the former ghetto
Karl Plagge
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Karl Plagge was a German officer who rescued Jews during the Holocaust in Lithuania by issuing work permits to non-essential workers. A partially disabled veteran of World War I, Plagge studied engine
Vilna Ghetto
…the Kailis and HKP 562 forced labour camps. Inmates of HKP 562 repaired automobiles for the German Army; the camp was commanded by the Wehrmacht Major Karl Plagge who, with the cooperation of his officers and men, was able to shield the Jewish auto-workers from much of the abuse slave laborers were ordinarily…
Plagge in December 1943
Aerial photograph of the former HKP 562 camp
A maline (Yiddish slang for 'hiding place') where Jews hid during the liquidation of the camp