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Skaudvilė

Coordinates: 55°24′27″N 22°34′57″E / 55.40750°N 22.58250°E / 55.40750; 22.58250
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Skaudvilė
City
Coat of arms of Skaudvilė
Coat of arms
Skaudvilė is located in Lithuania
Skaudvilė
Skaudvilė
Location of Skaudvilė
Coordinates: 55°24′27″N 22°34′57″E / 55.40750°N 22.58250°E / 55.40750; 22.58250
CountryLithuania
Ethnographic regionSamogitia
CountyTauragė County
MunicipalityTauragė district municipality
EldershipSkaudvilė eldership
Capital ofSkaudvilė eldership
First mentioned1760
Granted city rights1950
Population
 (2005)
 • Total2,081
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Skaudvilė (pronunciationⓘ, Samogitian: Skaudvėlė, Polish: Skaudwile) is a city in the Tauragė district municipality of Lithuania. It is located 26 km (16 mi) north-east of Tauragė.

History

During the Second World War, in August 1941, the Jewish community of the town was massacred in a mass execution perpetrated by an einsatzgruppen. 300 Jews were killed.[1]

  • Skaudvilė police station
    Skaudvilė police station
  • Skaudvilė special school
    Skaudvilė special school
  • Exposures in Skaudvilė
    Exposures in Skaudvilė
  • Skaudvilė gymnasium
    Skaudvilė gymnasium

References

  1. ^ http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/163/
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