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  20. Vilna broadside

    Bekanntmachtung Nr. 19 des Buergermeisters der Stadt Wilna [Notice No. 19, Mayor of Vilnius]; Vilnius, Lithuania; in German, Lithuanian, and Polish; Broadside issued on August 22, 1941 three months after the German occupation of Vilnius, ordering the refugees who arrived in the town after September 1, 1939, and who did not get Lithuanian citizenship until June 1940, to register in the municipal offices. The broadside also calls all of Vilnius residents to register in the police headquarters in their neighborhood and get an identity card. At the end, the broadside states that the decree does...