Dubingiai massacre was a mass murder of up to 27 Lithuanians in the town of Dubingiai during World War II. On 23 June 1944, the local Armia Krajowa unit commanded by Zygmunt Szendzielarz aka "Łupaszko" entered the town and murdered a number of Lithuanians in a retaliation for an earlier massacre of Polish villagers in Glitiškės done by Lithuanian police. Polish partisans were selective in targeting their victims and they did not kill Lithuanian men married to Polish women. ^[1] The number of Lithuanian victims is estimated at 20 to 27. ^{[2] [3]} Mass murder (massacre) is the act of murdering a large number of people, typically at the same time, or over a relatively short period of time. ... Dubingiai is small village in Lithuania, nearby lake Asveja, the longest lake in Lithuania. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Armia Krajowa (the Home Army), abbreviated AK, was the dominant Polish resistance movement in World War II German-occupied Poland. ... Zygmunt Szendzielarz Zygmunt Szendzielarz aka Łupaszko (February 12, 1910 in Stryj - February 8, 1951 in Warsaw) was a Polish commander of the 5th Vilnian Home Army Brigade. ... GlitiÅ¡kÄ—s (Polish: ) is village in Vilnius region, on the eastern bank of lake Å irvys. ...

It should be noted that the action was not limited to Dubingiai only and that also other Polish units were involved. ^[4] According to Lithuanian sources ^{[5] [6] [7]} 70-100 Lithuanians, including many civilians, were killed in total by the end of June 1944, not only in Dubingiai but also in the neighbouring villages of Joniškis, Inturkė, Bijutiškis, and Giedraičiai. Some of these numbers have been confirmed by Polish historians. ^[8] Giedraičiai, Polish: is a Lithuanian noble family, most probably rooting up to Mindaugas times, although has no connections with him. ...

See "Polish-Lithuanian relations during World War II" for a broader discussion of the event.

Notes

1. ^ (Lithuanian) Tadas Galinis. Dubingių skerdynės (Dubingiai massacre) in "Armijos Krajovos ...", pp. 76-80.
2. ^ Piotrowski, p.168, p.169
3. ^ (Polish) Gazeta Wyborcza, 2001-02-14, Litewska prokuratura przesłuchuje weteranów AK (Lithuanian prosecutor questioning AK veterans), last accessed on 7 June 2006
4. ^ Kozłowski, p. 66
5. ^ (Lithuanian) Kazimieras Garšva, Armija krajova ir Vietinė rinktinė Lietuvoje (Armia Krajowa and Local Lithuanian Detachment in Lithuania), "XXI amžius", No.61 (1264), 2004
6. ^ (Lithuanian) Rimantas Zizas in "Armijos Krajovos ...", pp. 14-39.
7. ^ (Lithuanian) Arūnas Bubnys in "Armijos Krajovos ...", pp. 6-13.
8. ^ Patryk Kozłowski confirms that 12 Lithuanians were killed in the area of Joniškis (Janiszki) by the squad commanded by "Maks" ("Jeden z wyklętych ...", p. 64)

Gazeta Wyborcza (pronounce: [gazεta vibɔrʧa] , gazeta vibborcha) is, as of 2005, Polands second largest distribution daily newspaper (after the tabloid Fakt). ... Arūnas Bubnys (born November 7, 1961) is a Lithuanian historian and archivist. ...

References

• (Polish) Kozłowski, Patryk (2004). Jeden z wyklętych. Zygmunt Szendzielarz "Łupaszko". ISBN 83-7399-073-9. 
• (Lithuanian) K. Garšva; A. Bubnys, E. Gečiauskas, J. Lebionka, J. Saudargienė, R. Zizas (1995). "Armijos Krajovos ištakos ir ideologija Lietuvoje" (Beginnings and ideology of Armia Krajowa in Lithuania). Armija Krajova Lietuvoje. ISBN 9986-577-02-0. 
• (English) Piotrowski, Tadeusz (1997,). "Poland's Holocaust". McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-0371-3.