Šaukėnai

Šaukėnai
Town

Coat of arms
Šaukėnai

Location in Lithuania

Coordinates: 55°48′40″N 22°53′0″E / 55.81111°N 22.88333°E / 55.81111; 22.88333Coordinates: 55°48′40″N 22°53′0″E / 55.81111°N 22.88333°E / 55.81111; 22.88333
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Samogitia
County Šiauliai County
Population (2011)
  Total 596
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Šaukėnai is a small town in Šiauliai County in northern-central Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 596.[1]

History

On July 31, 1941, 273 to 300 Jews from the village were murdered by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans and Lithuanian nationalists in a mass execution.[2] They were mostly men, the women and childrend were taken to Žagarė ghetto.

References

  1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  2. http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/103/


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