Dusetos

Dusetos (pronunciation ) (Polish: Dusiaty) is a city in Zarasai district municipality, northeastern Lithuania, 30 km (19 mi) west of Zarasai, near Lake Sartai.

Dusetos
City
Church of Dusetos
Coat of arms
Dusetos
Location of Dusetos
Coordinates: 55°45′0″N 25°51′0″E
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
County Utena County
MunicipalityZarasai district municipality
EldershipDusetos eldership
Capital ofDusetos eldership
First mentioned1520
Granted city rights1950
Population
 (2005)
 • Total866
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

According to the 1923 census, 704 Jews were living in the town. As a result of out-migration in the 1920s and 1930s, the number of Jews in the town decreased to around 500 by 1939[1]. On August 26, 1941, Jews of Dusetos, together with the Jews of Zarasai were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by forces of Einsatzkommando 3, assisted by the Lithuanian police[2]. A monument stands today at the site of the shootings[3].

References
  1. https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-2614051
  2. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: https://www.ushmm.org/online/camps-ghettos-download/USHMM_Vol%202_PartB.pdf page 1051.
  3. http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/he/research/ghettos_encyclopedia/ghetto_details.asp?cid=8
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