Statement

By 1 January 1942, shootings had already killed more than half of Vilna's Jews: over 30,000 out of 57,000. Abba Kovner told the youth that rescue was an illusion and only rebellion remained.

References

1. p. 453

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   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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