Viduklė: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
updated population figure |
Filled in 3 bare reference(s) with reFill () |
||
Line 36: | Line 36: | ||
==History== |
==History== |
||
221 Jews lived in the town according to the 1923 census. |
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.<ref>http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/121/</ref> Starting on July 24, 1941, hundred of Jews living in the city were shot by Germans and Lithuanians collaborators.<ref>http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/122/</ref><ref> |
The German army entered the town on June 23, 1941 and set up a ghetto to imprison the Jewish population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/121/|title=Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania|website=www.holocaustatlas.lt}}</ref> Starting on July 24, 1941, hundred of Jews living in the city were shot by Germans and Lithuanians collaborators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/122/|title=Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania|website=www.holocaustatlas.lt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://yahadmap.org/|title=YAHAD - IN UNUM|website=yahadmap.org}}</ref> |
||
==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 05:06, 18 December 2018
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Lithuanian. (June 2009) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Viduklė | |
---|---|
Town | |
Coordinates: 55°24′10″N 22°53′50″E / 55.40278°N 22.89722°E | |
Country | Lithuania |
Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
County | Kaunas County |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,678 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Viduklė is a small town in a Raseiniai district municipality, Kaunas County, central-western Lithuania. In 2011, it had a population of 1,678.[1]
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]
References
- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". www.holocaustatlas.lt.
- ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". www.holocaustatlas.lt.
- ^ "YAHAD - IN UNUM". yahadmap.org.
- This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Viduklė.