Lygumai

Lygumai is a small town in Šiauliai County in northern-central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 601.[1]

Lygumai
Town
Central square
Coat of arms
Lygumai
Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 56°0′20″N 23°39′30″E
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionSamogitia
CountyŠiauliai County
Population
 (2011)
  Total601
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

In the beginning of August 1941, during the German occupation of Lithuania, the Jews of the village, about 70-80 men and over 100 women and children were assassinated. The mass execution was perpetrated by German Einsatzgruppen and local collaborators.[2]

References

  1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  2. http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/96/
  • This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.


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