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 Reichskommissariat Ostland.
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
Rescue of Jews during the Holocaust
During World War II, some individuals and groups helped Jews and others escape the Holocaust conducted by Nazi Germany.
Irena Sendler, member of Żegota, saved 2,500 Jewish children
Aleksander Ładoś
Yad Vashem medal in Kazerne Dossin, awarded to Max Housiaux.
Dimitar Peshev of Bulgaria's National Assembly prevented the deportation of Bulgaria's 48,000 Jews.