Glitiškės

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Glitiškės
Village
Glitiškės
Location of Glitiškės
Coordinates: 54°59′10″N 25°13′30″E / 54.98611°N 25.22500°E / 54.98611; 25.22500Coordinates: 54°59′10″N 25°13′30″E / 54.98611°N 25.22500°E / 54.98611; 25.22500
Country  Lithuania
County Vilnius County
Municipality Vilnius district municipality
Eldership Paberžė eldership
Population (2001)
  Total 586
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Glitiškės is village in Vilnius district, Lithuania. It is situated on the eastern bank of the Širvys Lake. According to the 2001 census, it had 586 residents.[1] The village was the site of the massacre of few dozens of Polish villagers by the Lithuanian police in 1944.[2][3]

References

  1. (Lithuanian) Vilniaus apskrities kaimo gyvenamosios vietovės ir jų gyventojai. Vilnius: Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 2003. p. 127. ISBN 9955-588-04-7. Archived from the original on 2010-11-07. 
  2. Piotrowski, Tadeusz (1997). Poland's Holocaust. McFarland & Company. pp. 168–169. ISBN 0-7864-0371-3. 
  3. (Polish) "Litewska prokuratura przesłuchuje weteranów AK". Gazeta Wyborcza. 2001-02-14. 


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