Užpaliai

Užpaliai
Town
Užpaliai
Coordinates: LT 55°38′20″N 25°34′59″E / 55.63889°N 25.58306°E / 55.63889; 25.58306Coordinates: LT 55°38′20″N 25°34′59″E / 55.63889°N 25.58306°E / 55.63889; 25.58306
Country  Lithuania
County Utena County
Municipality Utena district municipality
Eldership Užpaliai eldership
Population (2001)
 • Total 877
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Užpaliai is a town in Utena County, Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 877 people.[1]

History

The Jewish population was important in the town, for example, in 1897, 691 inhabitants were Jewish[2] on a total population of 740 people.[3][4] In July 1941, the Jewish population was massacred in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian nationalists on different sites.[5][6][7]

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References

  1. ↑ 2001 census (Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania))
  2. ↑ http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Uzpaliai/JewEnc.htm
  3. ↑ http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Uzpaliai/Uzpaliai.htm
  4. ↑ http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Uzpaliai/LithComm.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/196/
  6. ↑ http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/197/
  7. ↑ http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/1/item/198/


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