Lygumai
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Lygumai | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 56°0′20″N 23°39′30″E / 56.00556°N 23.65833°E | |
Country | Lithuania |
Ethnographic region | Samogitia |
County | Šiauliai County |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 601 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Lygumai is a small town in Šiauliai County in northern-central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 601.[1]
History
In the beginning of August 1941, during the German occupation of Lithuania, the Jews of the village, about 70-80 men and over 100 women and children were assassinated. The mass execution was perpetrated by German Einsatzgruppen and local collaborators.[2]
References
- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- ^ http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/96/
- This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.