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Revision as of 02:43, 12 November 2016

Viduklė
Town
Coat of arms of Viduklė
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
County Kaunas County
Population
 (2001)
 • Total1,911
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Viduklė is a small town in a Raseiniai district municipality, Kaunas County, central-western Lithuania. In 2001, it had a population of 1,911.

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.[1] Starting on July 24, 1941, hundred of Jews living in the city were shot by Germans and Lithuanians collaborators.[2][3]

References

  • This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.