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Forest near Vilna where, from July 1941, the Nazis shot the city's Jews.
54.6264°N 25.1612°E · representative coordinate · Wikidata Q2005090 ↗
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By 1 January 1942, shootings had already killed more than half of Vilna's Jews: over 30,000 out of 57,000. Abba Kovner told the youth that rescue was an illusion and only rebellion remained.