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Part One: A Tale of Revenge

Behind the Bastards

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The German's Hate the Jews

Tens of thousands of people from mid to late 1941 are taken to a place called Ponari which had previously been a pignicking spot and they were gunned down and tossed into mass graves most of the actual killing again is done by Lithuanian right wing partizans one local witness to the slaughter later wrote 11th july lovely weather it's hot out there are white clouds in a general breeze shooting can be heard from the forest presumably from training. Many Jews were transported to the forest via the road to grodno and were then shot this was the first day of executions a depressing feeling. For the german's 300 Jews or 300 enemies of humanity for the Lithuanians 300 Jews or

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