Viduklė

Viduklė (Samogitian: Vėdoklė, Polish: Widukle) is a small town in a Raseiniai district municipality, Kaunas County, central-western Lithuania. In 2011, it had a population of 1,678.[1]

Viduklė
Town
Coat of arms
Viduklė
Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°24′10″N 22°53′50″E
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionSamogitia
County Kaunas County
Population
 (2011)
  Total1,678
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)

History

221 Jews lived in the town according to the 1923 census. The German army entered the town on June 23, 1941 and set up a ghetto to imprison the Jewish population.[2] Starting on July 24, 1941, hundred of Jews living in the city were shot by Germans and Lithuanians collaborators.[3][4]

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References

  1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  2. "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". www.holocaustatlas.lt.
  3. "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". www.holocaustatlas.lt.
  4. "YAHAD - IN UNUM". yahadmap.org.
  • This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.
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