Lyduvėnai

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Lyduvėnai
Town
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Location in Lithuania
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Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Aukštaitija
County 20px Kaunas County
Population (2001)
 • Total 125
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
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Lyduvėnai church

Lyduvėnai is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2001 it had a population of 125.

History

During summer 1941, 300 Jews from the village and the area were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian nationalists.[1]

References

  • This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.


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