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Town in Utena County, Lithuania
Užpaliai
Town
Official seal of UžpaliaiSeal
Užpaliai is located in LithuaniaUžpaliaiUžpaliai
Coordinates: 55°38′20″N 25°34′59″E / 55.63889°N 25.58306°E / 55.63889; 25.58306
Country Lithuania
CountyUtena County
MunicipalityUtena district municipality
EldershipUžpaliai eldership
Population
 • Total630
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Užpaliai (traditional Russian: Ушполь, Polish: Uszpolski) is a town in Utena County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 758 people.

History

The Jewish population was important in the town, for example, in 1897, 691 inhabitants were Jewish out of a total population of 740 people. In July 1941, the Jewish population was massacred in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian nationalists on different sites.

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References

  1. "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  2. "Jew Enc".
  3. "Uzpaliai, Lithuania".
  4. "Lith Comm".
  5. "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
  6. "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
  7. "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
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