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==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>http://yahadmap.org/#village/vidukl-vidukle-kaunas-lithuania.678</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

Viduklė
Town
Coat of arms of Viduklė
Viduklė is located in Lithuania
Viduklė
Viduklė
Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°24′10″N 22°53′50″E / 55.40278°N 22.89722°E / 55.40278; 22.89722
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionAukštaitija
County Kaunas County
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,678
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 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

  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.