THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN CHEIN AND MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1826, sig. 109-5/54

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35 - _10 because communist elements, in particular terrorist groups and circles of the Polish resistance movement, made connections with the Jews. The Jews, on the other hand, tried on several occasions to create an anti-German mood in self-restructuring Lithuanian circles. Jews in Zagare showed a special activity. There, 5O Jews broke out of the ghetto, but they could be seized and shot again. During the execution of all the Jewish woman Zagare, who was then prepared, the Jews attacked the security forces with the words "Long live Stalin" and "Down with Hitler". The resistance was immediately broken. In Lithuania there are now 15 000 Jews in Kauen, 4 500 in Schaulen and 15 000 in Vilnius, which are also needed for labour. In Belarus the cleaning of Jews is in progress. The number of Jews in the so far handed over to the civil administration amounts to 139 000 Jews. 33 210 Jews have been shot by the security police and the SD. D. Propaganda activity. While the anti-German propaganda in Lithuania has so far been primarily guided by word of mouth and culture, in some places leaflets have recently been published in Bitauischer