Vainutas
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Coordinates: 55°21′50″N 21°52′0″E / 55.36389°N 21.86667°E | ||
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• Total | 746 | |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Vainutas is a small town in Klaipėda County, in northwestern Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 746 people.[1]
History
During the Second World War, the Jewish community was assassinated in a mass execution perpetrated by an einsatzgruppen.[2] There is a monument on the site of the massacre.
References
- ↑ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- ↑ http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/164/
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