Lyduvėnai

Lyduvėnai
Town
Lyduvėnai

Location in Lithuania

Coordinates: 55°30′30″N 23°05′0″E / 55.50833°N 23.08333°E / 55.50833; 23.08333Coordinates: 55°30′30″N 23°05′0″E / 55.50833°N 23.08333°E / 55.50833; 23.08333
Country  Lithuania
Ethnographic region Aukštaitija
County Kaunas County
Population (2001)
  Total 125
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Lyduvėnai church

Lyduvėnai is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2001 it had a population of 125.

History

During summer 1941, 300 Jews from the village and the area were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian nationalists.[1]

References

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