Skip to main content

Timeline of Events

1944

Massacre in Fort IX

Map showing the environs of the Kovno ghetto, including the Ninth Fort massacre site.

Map showing the environs of the Kovno ghetto, including the Ninth Fort massacre site. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum

October 29, 1941

German SS and police units and Lithuanian police auxiliaries murder 9,200 residents of the Jewish ghetto in Kovno (Kaunas; Kovne), Lithuania, in Fort IX on the edge of the city.

Related Topics

×

#WeRemember #HolocaustRemembrance

Days of Remembrance Commemoration

Watch Live

The ceremony at the US Capitol, featuring a candle-lighting and names reading, is happening now.

×

FirstPerson

Conversations with Survivors
of the Holocaust

Watch Now

Join us right now to watch a live interview with a survivor, followed by a question-and-answer session.

×
$25,000 MATCHING GIFT CHALLENGE
Join our #GivingTuesday challenge to make your tax-deductible gift go twice as far. Help us teach about the consequences of unchecked hate and antisemitism. Give today.
MATCH MY GIFT
×

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

The Museum's commemoration ceremony, including remarks by the German ambassador and a Holocaust survivor, is happening now.

#WeRemember

Watch Now