Žiežmariai
| Žiežmariai | |||
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| City | |||
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  Žiežmariai Location of Žiežmariai | |||
| Coordinates: 54°48′0″N 24°27′0″E / 54.80000°N 24.45000°ECoordinates: 54°48′0″N 24°27′0″E / 54.80000°N 24.45000°E | |||
| Country |
 Lithuania | ||
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija | ||
| County |
 Kaunas County | ||
| Municipality | Kaišiadorys district municipality | ||
| Eldership | Žiežmariai eldership | ||
| Capital of | Žiežmariai eldership | ||
| First mentioned | 1348 | ||
| Granted city rights | 1501 | ||
| Population (2017) | |||
| • Total | 3,268 | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
Žiežmariai (
pronunciation ) is a city in the Kaišiadorys district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 6 km (3.7 mi) south of Kaišiadorys.
History
The Jewish population was important in the town since the 16th century and represented 50% of the total population before World War II. In 1941, hundreds of Jews from the city and from nearby villages of Kaisiadorys and Žasliaisont are murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an einsatzgruppen of Germans and Lithuanians collaborators.[1]
Žiežmariai has a rare, surviving wooden synagogue.[2]
Notable people
- Danguolė Rasalaitė (1983–2000), victim of sexual slavery
References
- ↑ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". holocaustatlas.lt. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ↑ Center for Jewish Art (2004). "Preserved Wooden Synagogues in Lithuania". The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved on December 17, 2008.http://cja.huji.ac.il/Architecture/Lithuania/Wooden-synagogues-Lithuania.html
External links
- The murder of the Jews of Žiežmariai during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.
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