Nemakščiai

Nemakščiai
Town

Coat of arms
Nemakščiai

Location in Lithuania

Coordinates: 55°25′50″N 22°46′10″E / 55.43056°N 22.76944°E / 55.43056; 22.76944Coordinates: 55°25′50″N 22°46′10″E / 55.43056°N 22.76944°E / 55.43056; 22.76944
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Žemaitija
County Kaunas County
Population (2001)
 • Total 905
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Nemakščiai is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2001 it had a population of 905.

History

The Jewish population was important in the town. In 1941, the Jews were massacred by an Einsatzgruppen. Different mass executions occurred. One of them was in August 22, 340 women and children were murdered[1] while the Jewish men were taken to the railway station of Viduklė for slave work, where they were later killed.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/187/
  2. ↑ http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/121/


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