Nemakščiai Explained

Nemakščiai
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Lithuania
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Lithuania
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Lithuania
Subdivision Type1:Ethnographic region
Subdivision Name1:Samogitia
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Kaunas County
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Type4:Eldership
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:748
Coordinates:55.4306°N 22.7694°W
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Nemakščiai is a small town in Kaunas County in central Lithuania. In 2011 it had a population of 748.[1]

History

The Jewish population was important in the town. In 1941, the Jews were massacred by an Einsatzgruppen. Different mass executions occurred. One of them was on August 22, 340 women and children were murdered[2] while the Jewish men were taken to the railway station of Viduklė for slave work, where they were later killed.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 census. Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). August 14, 2017.
  2. Web site: Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania.
  3. Web site: Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania.