Viduklė

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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 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 24, 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.