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Town in Samogitia, Lithuania
Viduklė
Town
Coat of arms of ViduklėCoat of arms
Viduklė is located in LithuaniaViduklėViduklėLocation in Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°24′10″N 22°53′50″E / 55.40278°N 22.89722°E / 55.40278; 22.89722
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionSamogitia
County Kaunas County
Population
 • Total1,425
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)

Viduklė (Samogitian: Vėdoklė) is a small town in a Raseiniai district municipality, Kaunas County, central-western Lithuania. In 2011, it had a population of 1,678.

History

221 Jews lived in the town according to the 1923 census. The German army entered the town on June 23, 1941 and set up a ghetto to imprison the Jewish population. Starting on July 24, 1941, hundred of Jews living in the city were shot by Germans and Lithuanians collaborators.

References

  1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  2. "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". www.holocaustatlas.lt.
  3. "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania". www.holocaustatlas.lt.
  4. "YAHAD - IN UNUM". yahadmap.org.
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