Nemakščiai

Nemakščiai is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 748.[1]

Nemakščiai
Town
Coat of arms
Nemakščiai
Location in Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°25′50″N 22°46′10″E
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionSamogitia
County Kaunas County
Population
 (2011)
  Total748
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History

The Jewish population was important in the town. In 1941, the Jews were massacred by an Einsatzgruppen. Different mass executions occurred. One of them was on August 22, 340 women and children were murdered[2] while the Jewish men were taken to the railway station of Viduklė for slave work, where they were later killed.[3]

References

  • This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.


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