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Aug 13, 2021 · Kovno Before World War II. Between 1920 and 1939, Kovno (Kaunas), located in central Lithuania, was the country's capital and largest city. In 1939, it had a Jewish population of approximately 32,000. This was about one-fourth of the city's total population. Jews were concentrated in the city's commercial, artisan, and professional sectors.
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Abraham Malnik describes massacre in Kovno's Ninth Fort,...
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It was here in this suburban district known to the Jews as Slobodka that on German orders, the Kovno (as Kaunas was once called) Ghetto was sealed on August 15, 1941 with 29,000 impounded people. The area had been a Jewish village for four hundred years. Jewish history runs particularly deep in Lithuania. Before the war, some 200 communities ...
Kovno: Historical Background during the Holocaust. Kovno (Kaunas) was Lithuania’s capital in the interwar period (1920-1939). The Jewish community numbered 35,000-40,000 – about a fourth of the city’s population – with tens of Jewish institutions, 40 synagogues, institutions of higher Jewish learning, especially the worldwide famous ...
On August 1, 1944, the ghetto was finally liberated by the Soviet Army (USHMM). Out of the vibrant community of almost 40,000 Jews that lived in Kovno before the war, only 2,000 survived (Yad Vashem). Soviet Officers uncover mass graves at the Ninth Fort, where tens of thousands of Jews were massacred, shortly after liberating the city.
Kaunas. KAUNAS (Pol. Kowno; Rus. Kovno; Ger. under Nazi occupation, Kauen), city in Lithuania situated at the confluence of the rivers Viliya and Neman. Formerly in Poland-Lithuania, it passed to Russia in 1795, was occupied by Germany in World War I (1915–18), and became capital of the independent Lithuanian Republic from 1920 to 1939.
Full oral history interview. Diane Cypkin, professor at Pace University and performer, describes prewar Jewish life in Kovno, Lithuania, including Yiddish theatre as well as native antisemitism. This is an excerpt from an oral history with Diane Cypkin. This excerpt is in English. Diane Cypkin was born in Münich, Germany in 1948.
Kovno, Lithuania, also known as Kaunas or Kauen, was home to a vibrant community of nearly 40,000 Jews when World War II began. In 1940, Kovno was occupied by the Soviet Union, and a year later, in June 1941, the German army took control of the city. Anticipating the arrival of the Germans, the local Lithuanian population murdered thousands of ...
