Viduklė

Viduklė
Town

Coat of arms
Viduklė
Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°24′10″N 22°53′50″E / 55.40278°N 22.89722°E / 55.40278; 22.89722Coordinates: 55°24′10″N 22°53′50″E / 55.40278°N 22.89722°E / 55.40278; 22.89722
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Aukštaitija
County Kaunas County
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,678
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Viduklė is a small town in a Raseiniai district municipality, Kaunas County, central-western Lithuania. In 2011, it had a population of 1,678.[1]

History

221 Jews lived in the town according to the 1923 census. The German army entered the town on June 23, 1941 and set up a ghetto to imprison the Jewish population.[2] Starting on July 24, 1941, hundred of Jews living in the city were shot by Germans and Lithuanians collaborators.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/121/
  3. ↑ http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/122/
  4. ↑ http://yahadmap.org/#village/vidukl-vidukle-kaunas-lithuania.678
  • This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.


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