Šančiai

Coordinates: 54°52′43″N 23°56′35″E / 54.87861°N 23.94306°E / 54.87861; 23.94306
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Church of the Holy Heart of Jesus in Šančiai

Šančiai is an elderate in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas. It is located on the right bank of the Nemunas River, and is divided into Higher and Lower Šančiai. Its 2007 population was 23,237.

Remains of transatlantic pilots of Lituanica Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas were reburied in cemetery of Šančiai, after Kaunas Old Cemetery (also known as Kaunas Carmelite Cemetery) was liquidated by soviet authorities.

From November 1943, until July 8th, 1944, there was a German slave labor Camp in Šančiai. which was a subcamp of the SS-run KZ Kauen, located at the site of the former Kovno Ghetto

Notable people

  • Zoma Baitler (1908-1994), Uruguayan artist and diplomat, was born in Šančiai

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