Salakas
Salakas | |
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Town | |
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| Country |  Lithuania |
| Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
| County | Utena County |
| Municipality | Zarasai |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Salakas (Polish: Sołoki) is a town in northeastern Lithuania with a population of 499 inhabitants. It is famous for the neo-romantic church of Lady of Sorrows. It was built in 1911.
History
The settlement of Sakalas appeared in IX-XI AD. However, First time its name was mentioned only in 1422, in the populated places dissemination scheme by Henryk Łowmiański.[1]
At the end of August, 1941, about 150 Jews from the town – men, women and children – were murdered in the nearby forest of Sungardai.[2] The mass execution was perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen. The lurid Jews of Salakas destiny was revealed in Yaakov Meir Schechter publications.[3]
References
- ^ "Salakas » Salako istorija". www.salakas.lt. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ^ http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/190/
- ^ "Salakas » Salako žydų istorija". www.salakas.lt. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
