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Ona S.: "They were walking on foot. 4 partisans were guarding them. At first they were locked in a barn in Linkuva, then they were brought here for the shooting.
Y.U.: Were the guards on foot too?
Ona S.: Yes, they were all walking on foot. At first there were 4 partisans. Later some Germans arrived by car and took some pictures.
Y.U.: When exactly did these Germans arrive?
Ona S.: The Jews were already here. The Germans arrived after the shooting had started and took some photos." (Eyewitness N°31, interviewed in Dvariūkai, on December 03, 2013)
The village of Dvariūkai was a part of the region of Linkuva. Most of the Jews of Linkuva earned their living from commerce, small industry, agriculture, or crafts. There were 16 Jewish farmers in the area. 14 of them lived in Dvariūkai.
In 1940, with the annexation of Lithuania to the USSR, all the town’s factories and stores, mainly owned by Jews, were nationalized. On June 23, 1941, after the Soviet withdrawal from Lithuania hundreds of Jews fleeing eastward from Šiauliai and the neighboring towns sought refuge in Linkuva and remained there. Most of the town’s Jews were forcibly held in stables and warehouses, where they were brutally attacked. In the summer of 1941, 200 Jewish men were killed near the village of Dvariūkai. The victims came from Linkuva, along with Jewish refugees who had fled to the village.
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