According to eyewitness accounts, in late June 1941, 14 Soviet soldiers and 26 Soviet activists and communists were killed and buried near Lake Ilgis.
On the night of 4–5 July 1941, approximately 30 more men and women were killed and buried at the same site. Most of them were Jewish.
The perpetrators are identified in historical accounts as members of the Ignalina white-armband groups (baltaraiščiai), local armed groups active in Lithuania in 1941 whose members wore white armbands.
In October 1944, the remains of the victims were exhumed. Four graves were uncovered, containing the remains of 32 civilians and 25 soldiers.
This site bears witness to the tragic events of the Second World War in the Ignalina area and commemorates the people who lost their lives.
Source https://kvr.kpd.lt/#/static-heritage-detail/237694C0-8C7C-40E6-9A85-49B3640FAA39
Information updated 2026-10-20
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