Introduction
Report dated September 4, 1941, from the Kaišiadorys police precinct (Trakai district, Lithuania) to the head of the Trakai district. The document records that “on August 27 … all citizens of Jewish nationality were liquidated – shot by members of the auxiliary police who had arrived from Kaunas and by German soldiers.” The author then turns to administrative matters and requested “instructions on how to proceed with the remaining movable and immovable property of the Jews.”
Document previously published online by Roberto Muehlenkamp here.
Document
TRAKŲ APSKRITIES POLICIJOS
KAIŠIADORIŲ NUOVADOS
VIRŠININKAS
1941 m. rugsėjo mėn. 4 d.
Nr. 822
Ponui
TRAKŲ APSKRITIES VIRŠININKUI
Raportas.
Pranešu Tamstai, kad š/m. rugpiūčio mėn. 27 d., Kaišiadorių mieste, buvo likviduoti visi žydų tautybės piliečiai–susaudyti atvykusių iš Kauno Pagelbinės Policijos ir vokiečių karių.
Prašau prėdymo kaip pasielgti su likusiu žydų kilnojamu ir nekilnojamu turtu. Dabartiniu metu minimas turtas randasi valsčiaus savivaldybės žinioje.
Nuovados Viršininkas
TRAKAI DISTRICT POLICE
KAIŠIADORYS PRECINCT
CHIEF
4 September 1941
No. 822
To the
HEAD OF TRAKAI DISTRICT
Report.
I report to you that on August 27 of this year, in the town of Kaišiadorys, all citizens of Jewish nationality were liquidated—shot by members of the auxiliary police who had arrived from Kaunas and by German soldiers.
I request instructions on how to proceed with the remaining movable and immovable property of the Jews. At present, the said property is under the authority of the district municipality.
[Signature]
Precinct Chief
Archivial Reference:
Lithuanian Central State Archives (LCVA),R-500/1/4/258
Document previously published online by Roberto Muehlenkamp here.