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In the Varnikai forest near the village of Varnikai, in an area bordered by Lakes Galvė and Skaistis, lies a dark chapter of Lithuanian history. In September 1941, Jews from Trakai and the surrounding areas (Lentvaris, Onuškis, Aukštadvaris) were forced into a ghetto set up in summer cottages. When Trakai police chief Kazys Čaplikas refused to carry out the order of district chief Mačinskas and ordered his subordinates to do the same, about 30 members of the Vilnius Special Unit and German officers were sent to Trakai from Vilnius. On September 30, 1941, in the Varnikai forest, 1,446 Jews were shot: 366 men, 483 women, and 597 children. The mass grave of the victims is marked by two memorial plaques with inscriptions in Lithuanian and Yiddish, and a wooden sculpture.
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