Glinciszki massacre

Glinciszki massacre refers to a mass murder that occurred on 20 June 1944 in the village of Glitiškės (Glinciszki). In the massacre, thirty-seven mostly Polish villagers were killed by Nazi subordinated Lithuanian policemen retaliating for the death of four policemen (from the 258th Police battalion) that occurred during a fight with element of the 5th Brigade of the Polish resistance of Armia Krajowa earlier that day.

The commander of the company of the 258th battalion ordered 10 villagers to be killed for every Lithuanian casualty in his unit. Ironically he was arrested by the Germans, because one of the victims was employed by the German administration. He would be eventually tried and executed by the German authorities.

The massacre triggered an act of revenge by Polish partisans against Lithuanian policemen and civilians in Dubingiai (20 to 27 Lithuanian civilians would perish).