Žeimiai
Žeimiai (Polish: Żejmy) is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 860.[1]

Žeimiai | |
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Town | |
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![]() ![]() Žeimiai Location in Lithuania | |
Coordinates: 55°10′50″N 24°13′20″E | |
Country | ![]() |
Ethnographic region | Aukštaitija |
County | ![]() |
Municipality | Jonava district municipality |
Eldership | Žeimiai eldership |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 860 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
History
Before the Holocaust, the town had a Jewish population who were murdered in 1941 in mass executions perpetrated an einsatzgruppen of Germans and Lithuanians collaborators.[2][3]
References
- "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 2, 2017.
- "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". holocaustatlas.lt. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
- "המכון הבין-לאומי לחקר השואה - יד ושם". yadvashem.org. Retrieved 2017-07-15.

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