Viduklė
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Viduklė | |
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Town | |
Country | Lithuania |
Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
County | Kaunas County |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 1,911 |
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 2001 it had a population of 1911.
History
221 Jews lived in the town according to the 1923 census. The German army entered the town on June 23 1941 and they set up a ghetto to imprison the jews. Starting in July 24th 1941, hundred of jews living in the city are shot by Germans and Lithuanians collaborators[1].
References
- This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.
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