What nationality were the killing squad who helped murder 100,000 people mainly from Vilnius?
Ponary massacre The Ponary massacre (Polish: "zbrodnia w Ponarach" ) was the mass murder of up to 100,000 people by German SD, SS and Lithuanian Nazi collaborators, such as the Ypatingasis būrys units,
Belarusians in Lithuania The Belarusian minority in Lithuania (Belarusian: беларусы , "biełarusy", Russian: белорусы , "byelorusy", Lithuanian: "baltarusiai" or "gudai") numbered 36,200 persons at the 2011 census, and at 1.2% of the total population of Lithuania, being the third most populous national minority. The Belarusian national minority in Lithuania has deep historical, cultural and political relations. Many famous Belarusians lived and created in Lithuania, mostly its capital Vilnius; it was in Vilnius that the first standardized Belarusian language grammar was printed in.