On August 27, 1941 the commanders of the local German headquarters, aided by Lithuanian policemen, rounded up 350 Jewish men and 30 Jewish women and imprisoned them in the synagogue. On the next day at dawn they were taken, most of them on foot, to a field near the Viśaki River in the village of Baltruśiai. There some of them were ordered to dig pits and all of them were shot. On September 15, 1941 750 Jews, consisting of women, children, and a few men, were shot in additional pits that had been prepared ahead of time.The murder operations were carried out by the third company of the Reserve Police Battalion 11, which consisted of Lithuanian policemen under the command of the Orpo (German Order Police).

More information: Yad Vashem