Geruliai Explained

Geruliai
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Map:	Lithuania
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of Geruliai
Coordinates:	55.978°N 22.393°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Telšiai County
Subdivision Type3:	Municipality
Subdivision Name3:	Telšiai District Municipality
Subdivision Type4:	Eldership
Subdivision Name4:	Degaičiai eldership
Population Total:	95
Population As Of:	2001
Timezone:	EET
Utc Offset:	+2
Timezone Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+3

Geruliai is a village located in the Telšiai District Municipality, 10 kilometers from Telšiai, Lithuania. According to the census of 2001, the village has a population of 95.^[1]

History

During World War II, in summer 1941,^[2] 1,500 to 2,000 Jews^[3] from local shtetls were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian policemen.^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Web site: Vietovardžių žodynas. vietovardziai.lki.lt. 2017-07-11.
2. Web site: Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania. holocaustatlas.lt. 2017-07-11.
3. Web site: Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania. holocaustatlas.lt. 2017-07-11.
4. Web site: The Untold Stories. The Murder Sites of the Jews in the Occupied Territories of the Former USSR. yadvashem.org. 2017-07-11.
5. Web site: Žydai Lietuvoje | Telšiai. zydai.lt. 2017-07-11. 2017-07-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20170719214539/http://www.zydai.lt/lt/content/viewitem/719/. dead.