page_title: Kailis forced labor camp
hierarchical_section_title: Kailis forced labor camp
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Das Gebäude der ehemaligen Elektrit und zeitweiligen Pelzfabrik Kailis, einem Konzentrations-Außenlager, in Wilna, heute Vilnius (Litauen), im Jahr 2001. English: Building of the former Elektrit Radio Company in Vilnius, 2001 view. Lietuvių: Buvusios Radijo gamyklos „Elektrit” pastatas Vilniuje (2001 m. vaizdas). Polski: Budynek byłego Towarzystwa Radiotechnicznego „Elektrit” w Wilnie, stan z 2001 r.
context_page_description: Kailis forced labor camp was a Nazi labor camp for Jews in Vilnius during World War II. It was based on a pre-war fur and leather factory and mostly produced winter clothing for the German military. At its peak, after the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto in September 1943, the camp housed about 1,500 Jews. The camp was liquidated and its workers executed at Ponary on 3 July 1944, just ten days before Red Army captured the city.
context_section_description: Kailis forced labor camp (kailis is Lithuanian for fur) was a Nazi labor camp for Jews in Vilnius (pre-war Second Polish Republic, post-war Lithuanian SSR) during World War II. It was based on a pre-war fur and leather factory and mostly produced winter clothing for the German military. At its peak, after the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto in September 1943, the camp housed about 1,500 Jews. The camp was liquidated and its workers executed at Ponary on 3 July 1944, just ten days before Red Army captured the city.
caption: Former building of the camp in 2001
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