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3 unusual facts about History of Vilnius


Hirsch Schwartzberg

But Vilnius/Vilna - before the German invasion - was a predominately Jewish and Polish city - after the genocide in Lithuania, the Jewish society and community to which Schwartzberg previously belonged did not exist anymore.

History of Vilnius

Most of the remaining 30,000 victims of the massacre were Poles - POWs, intelligentsia and members of the Armia Krajowa, which at the time was fighting against both Germans and Lithuanians.

Much of the development concentrated along the central Mickiewicz Street, where the modern Jabłkowski Brothers department store was opened, equipped with lifts and automatic doors.



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