Dubingiai massacre was a mass murder of up to 27 Lithuanians in the town of Dubingiai during World War II. On 23 June 1944, the local Armia Krajowa unit commanded by Zygmunt Szendzielarz aka "Łupaszko" entered the town and murdered a number of Lithuanians in a retaliation for an earlier massacre of Polish villagers in Glitiškės done by Nazi-sponsored Lithuanian police. Polish partisans were selective in targeting their victims and they did not kill Lithuanian men married to Polish women, although their primary target was people using Lithuanian language prayer books.[1] The number of Lithuanian victims is estimated at 20 to 27.[2][3]
It should be noted that the action was not limited to Dubingiai only and that also other Polish units were involved.[4] According to Lithuanian sources, including those from Kazimieras Garšva, a leader of an extremist anti-Polish Vilnija organization,[5][6][7] 70-100 Lithuanians, including many civilians, were killed in total by the end of June 1944, not only in Dubingiai but also in the neighbouring villages of Joniškis, Inturkė, Bijutiškis, and Giedraičiai.[dubious – discuss] Some of these numbers have been confirmed by Polish historians.[8]
See "Polish-Lithuanian relations during World War II" for a broader discussion of the event.
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Notes
- ^ Template:Lt icon Tadas Galinis. Dubingių skerdynės (Dubingiai massacre) in "Armijos Krajovos ...", pp. 76-80.
- ^ Piotrowski, p.168, p.169
- ^ Template:Pl icon Gazeta Wyborcza, 2001-02-14, Litewska prokuratura przesłuchuje weteranów AK (Lithuanian prosecutor questioning AK veterans), last accessed on 7 June 2006
- ^ Kozłowski, p. 66
- ^ Template:Lt icon Kazimieras Garšva, Armija krajova ir Vietinė rinktinė Lietuvoje (Armia Krajowa and Local Lithuanian Detachment in Lithuania), "XXI amžius", No.61 (1264), 2004
- ^ Template:Lt icon Rimantas Zizas in "Armijos Krajovos ...", pp. 14-39.[dubious – discuss]
- ^ Template:Lt icon Arūnas Bubnys in "Armijos Krajovos ...", pp. 6-13.[dubious – discuss]
- ^ Patryk Kozłowski confirms that 12 Lithuanians were killed in the area of Joniškis (Janiszki) by the squad commanded by "Maks" ("Jeden z wyklętych ...", p. 64)[dubious – discuss]
References
- Template:Pl icon Kozłowski, Patryk (2004). Jeden z wyklętych. Zygmunt Szendzielarz "Łupaszko". Warszawa. ISBN 83-7399-073-9.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|Publisher=ignored (|publisher=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Template:Lt icon Garšva, Kazys (1995). "Armijos Krajovos ištakos ir ideologija Lietuvoje" (Beginnings and ideology of Armia Krajowa in Lithuania). Armija Krajova Lietuvoje. Vilnius–Kaunas. ISBN 9986-577-02-0.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Template:En icon Piotrowski, Tadeusz (1997). "Poland's Holocaust". McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-0371-3.