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Town in Samogitia, Lithuania
Girkalnis
Town
Šėtupio streetŠėtupio street
Coat of arms of GirkalnisCoat of arms
Girkalnis is located in LithuaniaGirkalnisGirkalnisLocation in Lithuania
Coordinates: 55°18′40″N 23°12′10″E / 55.31111°N 23.20278°E / 55.31111; 23.20278
Country Lithuania
Ethnographic regionSamogitia
County Kaunas County
MunicipalityRaseiniai district municipality
EldershipGirkalnis eldership
Capital ofGirkalnis eldership
Population
 • Total877
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Girkalnis is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. As of 2011 it had a population of 877.

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 in the context of Shoah by bullets.

References

  1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  2. "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
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