Želva

For the town in Belarus, see Zel’va.

Želva
Town
Želva

Location in Lithuania

Coordinates: 55°13′08″N 25°05′49″E / 55.21889°N 25.09694°E / 55.21889; 25.09694Coordinates: 55°13′08″N 25°05′49″E / 55.21889°N 25.09694°E / 55.21889; 25.09694
Country  Lithuania
County Vilnius County
Municipality Ukmergė district municipality
Eldership Želva eldership
Population (2001)
  Total 516
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Želva is a town in Ukmergė district municipality, Vilnius County, east Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 516 people.[1]

History

The town has a Catholic church and a synagogue. Želva is the birthplace of Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Aaron Klug.[2]

On July 26 and 27, 1941, the Jews of the town are murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of local Lithuanian nationalists. 60 people are killed.[3]

See also

References

  1. Vilniaus apskrities kaimo gyvenamosios vietovės ir jų gyventojai (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 2002. ISBN 9986-589-85-1.
  2. "The Papers of Sir Aaron Klug". Churchill Archives Centre. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  3. http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page//item/176/


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