Eržvilkas
Eržvilkas | |
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Town | |
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  Eržvilkas | |
| Coordinates: 55°15′50″N 22°42′30″E / 55.26389°N 22.70833°E | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| County | Tauragė County |
| Municipality | Jurbarkas District Municipality |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 429 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Eržvilkas (Samogitian: Eržvėlks, Polish: Erzwiłki) is a town in Taurage County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 429 people.[1]
History
Before World War II and the Holocaust, the village had an important Jewish community. In 1923, they were 46% of the total population.
Among others, Hermann Schapira, an important forerunner of the Zionist movement, was born in the village.
At the beginning of the Second World War there were 180 Jews living in the village.[2][3]
In 1941 these Jews were exploited as forced labour.[4] In September 1941, they were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian policemen at the Gryblaukis forest.[5]
References
- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- ^ "Pinkas Hakehillot Lita: Erzvilkas". jewishgen.org. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ "ERZVILKAS: Kovno | lithuania - International Jewish Cemetery Project". iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ "המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם". yadvashem.org. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ^ "Taurage county - Online Guide of Murder Sites of Jews in the Former USSR - Yad Vashem". yadvashem.org. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
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