Opinion | Last Jewish Partisan Fort | History | Blaming the Victims | Germany
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VILNIUS—The latest attempt by Defending History’s correspondents to visit the remnants of the Jewish partisan fort in the Forest of Rudninkai (Rudnitsker vald in Yiddish) was again unsuccessful. The small team was unable to get to the last relic of Jewish anti-Nazi partisan resistance, a unique Holocaust history site. Posted along with the various danger and no-entry signs and warnings of punishments for entry (images in DH’s previous report) is the new sign covering the current period of 1-16 November. Unlike the October schedule, when all 31 days of the month were German army Panzerbrigade 45 shooting days, this was the case for 14 of the first 16 days of November. The two permitted days for visitors to the unmarked, unpreserved sinking Holocaust site were 1 and 2 November. An image of the sign follows, followed by a full English translation (please note that the title contains an error, citing “October” instead of November, but the actual dates in the list correctly refer to November).
Holocaust educators, genocide scholars, and families and descendants of Holocaust survivors alike continue to be shocked that there would be any German Army bullets flying into the remnants of the last remnant of Jewish anti-Nazi resistance in Lithuania. Educators and historians argue that Germany is undermining the ethical basis of its mission “back east” while forfeiting the rare opportunity to restore the Jewish base in the forest and to utilize it for the education of the 5,000 or so soldiers scheduled to arrive by the end of next year.
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RŪDNINKAI MILITARY TRAINING GROUND
FIRING EXERCISE SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 2026 [sic]
| DATE | Firing times | DANGEROUS AREA OF THE TRAINING GROUND | REMARKS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-01 | Visits to the training ground permitted | ||
| 2026-11-02 | Visits to the training ground permitted | ||
| 2026-11-03 | 00:00–24:00 | Entire training ground | Movement beyond closed barriers prohibited — live firing |
| 2026-11-04 | 00:00–24:00 | Entire training ground | Movement beyond closed barriers prohibited — live firing |
| 2026-11-05 | 00:00–24:00 | Entire training ground | Movement beyond closed barriers prohibited — live firing |
| 2026-11-06 | 00:00–24:00 | Entire training ground | Movement beyond closed barriers prohibited — live firing |
| 2026-11-07 | 00:00–24:00 | Entire training ground | Movement beyond closed barriers prohibited — live firing |
| 2026-11-08 | 00:00–24:00 | Entire training ground | Movement beyond closed barriers prohibited — live firing |
| 2026-11-09 | 00:00–24:00 | Entire training ground | Movement beyond closed barriers prohibited — live firing |
| 2026-11-10 | 00:00–24:00 | Entire training ground | Movement beyond closed barriers prohibited — live firing |
| 2026-11-11 | 00:00–24:00 | Entire training ground | Movement beyond closed barriers prohibited — live firing |
| 2026-11-12 | 00:00–24:00 | Entire training ground | Movement beyond closed barriers prohibited — live firing |
| 2026-11-13 | 00:00–24:00 | Entire training ground | Movement beyond closed barriers prohibited — live firing |
| 2026-11-14 | 00:00–24:00 | Entire training ground | Movement beyond closed barriers prohibited — live firing |
| 2026-11-15 | 00:00–24:00 | Entire training ground | Movement beyond closed barriers prohibited — live firing |
| 2026-11-16 | 00:00–24:00 | Entire training ground | Movement beyond closed barriers prohibited — live firing |
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