Dusetos | |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Lithuania |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Dusetos |
Coordinates: | 55.75°N 25.85°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Ethnographic region |
Subdivision Name1: | Aukštaitija |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Utena County |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Zarasai district municipality |
Subdivision Type4: | Eldership |
Subdivision Name4: | Dusetos eldership |
Subdivision Type6: | Capital of |
Subdivision Name6: | Dusetos eldership |
Established Date: | 1520 |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date2: | 1950 |
Established Title2: | Granted city rights |
Population Total: | 517 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Dusetos is a city in Zarasai district municipality, northeastern Lithuania, 30km (20miles) west of Zarasai, near Lake Sartai.
According to the 1923 census, 704 Jews were living in the town. As a result of out-migration in the 1920s and 1930s, the number of Jews in the town decreased to around 500 by 1939.[1] On August 26, 1941, Jews of Dusetos, together with the Jews of Zarasai were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by forces of Einsatzkommando 3, assisted by the Lithuanian police.[2] A monument stands today at the site of the shootings.[3]
List of notable people who were born or have lived in Dusetos