Even before the arrival of German troops in Kavarskas, the anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisans arrested some 35-40 people, mostly Jews, as suspected former collaborators with the Soviets. In late June-early July 1941, the Germans, along with Lithuanian "white armbanders", escorted 15-20 middle-aged Jews, both men and women, to the Jewish cemetery northwest of the town, where the Germans shot them. The shooting lasted only a few minutes, and the bodies were then buried by the Lithuanians, who were assisted by a number of Soviet POWs from a local POW camp.

More information: Yad Vashem