Geruliai

Geruliai is a Lithuanian village located in the Telšiai District Municipality, 10 kilometers from Telšiai. According to the census of 2001, the village has a population of 95.[1]

History

During World War II, in summer 1941,[2] 1,500 to 2,000 Jews[3] from local shtetls are murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanians policemen.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Vietovardžių žodynas". vietovardziai.lki.lt. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  2. ↑ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". holocaustatlas.lt. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  3. ↑ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". holocaustatlas.lt. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  4. ↑ "The Untold Stories. The Murder Sites of the Jews in the Occupied Territories of the Former USSR". yadvashem.org. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  5. ↑ "Žydai Lietuvoje | Telšiai". zydai.lt. Retrieved 2017-07-11.

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