Kalnujai Explained

Official Name:Kalnujai
Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Lithuania
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Kalnujai
Coordinates:55.3281°N 23.0939°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Ethnographic region
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kaunas County
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Raseiniai District Municipality
Population Total:392
Population As Of:2021
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Kalnujai is a village in Raseiniai District Municipality in Lithuania with a population of 402 inhabitants (2011).[1]

History

During the summer of 1941, an Einsatzgruppen of German and Lithuanian nationalists murdered the Jews of the nearby town of Raseiniai and the surroundings on a site in Kalnujai. Hundred of Jews died in the mass executions.[2] A memorial is built on the site of the massacre.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 census. Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). August 21, 2017.
  2. Web site: Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania.