Žeimiai
| Žeimiai | ||
|---|---|---|
| Town | ||
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  Žeimiai Location in Lithuania | ||
| Coordinates: 55°10′50″N 24°13′20″E / 55.18056°N 24.22222°ECoordinates: 55°10′50″N 24°13′20″E / 55.18056°N 24.22222°E | ||
| Country |
 Lithuania | |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija | |
| County |
 Kaunas County | |
| Municipality | Jonava district municipality | |
| Eldership | Žeimiai eldership | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 860 | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Žeimiai is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 860.[1]
History
Before the Holocaust, the town had a Jewish population who were murdered in 1941 in mass executions perpetrated an einsatzgruppen of Germans and Lithuanians collaborators.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 2, 2017.
- ↑ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". holocaustatlas.lt. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- ↑ "המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם". yadvashem.org. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
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