Yes
The brother’s wife agrees to hide the girls.
What does the maid’s brother do in the barn with the shovel? By morning he finishes digging a pit in the corner of the barn...
At night, they lift the door and help the girls out...
A priest from Pasvalys parish writes new metrics...
Many in the town understand where those orphans come from, but no one talks about it. Many families acquired “relatives” in a similar way that year.
The miller has a young black-haired nephew who is told to keep a cigarette between his teeth all the time and to talk as little as possible - to hide the accent. The organist, who until then lived alone, suddenly has a curly black-eyed goddaughter. Everyone in town is connected by the bonds of guilt, fear, and humanity, so it’s better for everyone to keep themselves to themselves, live their lives, and let others. Live.
In Žadeikiai forest you can still find the mass grave of 402 men, 738 women and 209 children.
It was the very beginning of
the Holocaust.