Girkalnis

Girkalnis
Town

Šėtupio street

Coat of arms
Girkalnis

Location in Lithuania

Coordinates: 55°18′40″N 23°12′10″E / 55.31111°N 23.20278°E / 55.31111; 23.20278Coordinates: 55°18′40″N 23°12′10″E / 55.31111°N 23.20278°E / 55.31111; 23.20278
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Aukštaitija
County Kaunas County
Municipality Raseiniai district municipality
Eldership Girkalnis eldership
Capital of Girkalnis eldership
Population (2001)
  Total 997
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Girkalnis is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2001 it had a population of 997.[1]

History

From July to September 1941, about 1,000 Jews from Raseiniai, Betygala and Girkalnis were massacred in the city. Those mass executions were done by Germans and local policemen[2] in the context of Shoah by bullets.

References

  1. Kauno apskrities kaimo gyvenamosios vietovės ir jų gyventojai (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 2002. p. 99. ISBN 9986-589-85-1.
  2. http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search/vcntfr=1000.vcntto=5000/page/4/item/147/


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