Vainutas

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]

Vainutas
Town
Seal
Vainutas
Coordinates: 55°21′50″N 21°52′0″E
Country Lithuania
County Klaipėda County
Population
 (2011)
  Total746
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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

  1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  2. http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/164/


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