Claim: Švenčionys Ghetto had 566 Jews - some of which established contracts with active Lithuanian policemen, who frustrated economical exploitation plans of the Germans towards Soviet territories, while the others joined Jewish partisans.
Evidence: According to a census of August 1942, the ghetto had 566 Jews, including 353 working men and women. A number of Jews escaped and joined Jewish partisans. The partisans made significant contributions to the war by frustrating German plans to exploit occupied Soviet territories economically, gave considerable help to the Red Army by conducting systematic strikes against Germany's rear communication network, disseminated political work among the local population by publishing newspapers and leaflets, and succeeded in creating and maintaining a feeling of insecurity among German forces.