Žasliai

Žasliai
Town
Coat of arms
Žasliai Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 54°51′50″N 24°35′20″E / 54.86389°N 24.58889°E / 54.86389; 24.58889Coordinates: 54°51′50″N 24°35′20″E / 54.86389°N 24.58889°E / 54.86389; 24.58889
Country	Lithuania
Ethnographic region	Aukštaitija
County	Kaunas County
Population (2011)
• Total	644
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Žasliai (Yiddish: זאָסלע‎ Zosle) is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 644.

History

The Jewish population was historically in the village. During WWII, in 1941, Jews were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen.

References

• This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.

External links

• The murder of the Jews of Žasliai during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.