What was the name of the famous event where Lithuanian Nazi collaborators killed 100,000 in Paneriai?
Paneriai Paneriai (Polish: "Ponary" , Yiddish: פאנאר‎ /Ponar) is a neighborhood of Vilnius, situated about 10 kilometres away from the city center. It is the largest elderate in the Vilnius city municipality. It is located on low forested hills, on the Vilnius-Warsaw road. Paneriai was the site of the Ponary massacre, a mass killing of as many as 100,000 people from Vilnius and nearby towns and villages during World War II.
Jonas Žemaitis Jonas Žemaitis (also known under his codename "Vytautas"; March 15, 1909 in Palanga – November 26, 1954 in Moscow) was one of the leaders of the Lithuanian partisans, armed resistance against the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, and acknowledged as the head of state by independent Lithuania.