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'''Dubingiai''' |
'''Dubingiai''' is a town in [[Lithuania]], nearby [[Lake Asveja]], the longest lake in [[Lithuania]]. The village was first mentioned in [[1334]], when [[Teutonic Order|Teutonic knights]] razed ''terra Dubingam'' during one of their raids. Other raids took place in [[1373]] and [[1375]]. During the reign of the Grand Duke of Lithuania [[Vytautas the Great]] the village became an important place in that part of Lithuania. In [[1415]] Vytautas ordered the building of a new wooden castle. |
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Later it was governed by the [[Radziwills]] who built stone [[Dubingiai Castle|castle of Dubingiai]] and became one of the centres of the [[reformation]] in Lithuania. Many famous members of Radziwill family are buried here. In [[17th century]] -[[18th century]] the village was slowly converted to [[catholicism]]. |
Later it was governed by the [[Radziwills]] who built stone [[Dubingiai Castle|castle of Dubingiai]] and became one of the centres of the [[reformation]] in Lithuania. Many famous members of Radziwill family are buried here. In [[17th century]] -[[18th century]] the village was slowly converted to [[catholicism]]. |
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Revision as of 18:53, 12 August 2006
Dubingiai is a town in Lithuania, nearby Lake Asveja, the longest lake in Lithuania. The village was first mentioned in 1334, when Teutonic knights razed terra Dubingam during one of their raids. Other raids took place in 1373 and 1375. During the reign of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great the village became an important place in that part of Lithuania. In 1415 Vytautas ordered the building of a new wooden castle.
Later it was governed by the Radziwills who built stone castle of Dubingiai and became one of the centres of the reformation in Lithuania. Many famous members of Radziwill family are buried here. In 17th century -18th century the village was slowly converted to catholicism.
The population of the village was generally Polish in the 19th century. When the Lithuanian national renaissance began, conflicts between Poles and Lithuanians were almost inevitable. The local population struggled to receive education and masses in Polish and continued to complain about local priests, who used only Lithuanian.
Massacre
During World War II on 23 June, 1944, number of Lithuanians in Dubingiai were massacred by the local Armia Krajowa unit of Zygmunt Szendzielarz "Łupaszko". The crime was a retaliation of a Polish commander for an earlier massacre of Polish villagers in Glinciszki by Lithuanian police. The number of Lithuanian victims is estimated at 20 to 27[1] [2]. In total 80-100 Lithuanians were killed in Dubingiai and neighbouring towns of Joniškis, Inturkė, Bijutiškis, and Giedraičiai on that day [3].
All victims in Dubingiai were peasants. They were killed in their own homes. Many of victims were bilingual (in Lithuanian and Polish), and many of them were from mixed Lithuanian-Polish families. The murderers chose victims according the presence of documents: for instance, if the peasants had a Lithuanian prayer-book, they were killed. There are still witnesses alive.[citation needed]
See "Armia Krajowa: Relations with Lithuanians" for a discussion of the event.
References
- ^ Tadeusz Piotrowski, Poland's Holocaust, McFarland & Company, 1997, ISBN 0786403713. Google Print, p.168, p.169
- ^ Template:Pl icon Gazeta Wyborcza, 2001-02-14, Litewska prokuratura przesłuchuje weteranów AK (Lithuanian prosecutor questioning AK veterans), last accessed on 7 June 2006
- ^ Kazimieras Garšva. Armija krajova ir Vietinė rinktinė Lietuvoje (Armia Krajowa and Local Detachment in Lithuania). XXI amžius, No.61 (1264), 18 August 2004
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