Semeliškės Explained

Official Name:Semeliškės
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Lithuania
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Semeliškės in Lithuania
Coordinates:54.6689°N 24.6561°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Lithuania
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1: Vilnius County
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Elektrėnai municipality
Subdivision Type3:Eldership
Subdivision Name3:Semeliškės eldership
Population Total:516
Population As Of:2021
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Semeliškės is a town in Elektrėnai municipality, Vilnius County, east Lithuania. According to the Lithuanian census of 2011, the town has a population of 580 people.[1] The town has a church of Catholics and Orthodox church of St. Nicolas.

Its alternate names include Sameliškės, Semelishkes, Semelishkis, Semeliškių, Sumelishki, Sumilishki, Siemieliszki, and Sumiliszk.[2]

History

On October 6, 1941, 962 Jews of the town were murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of local policemen and Lithuanian collaborators.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 census. Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). August 13, 2017.
  2. [United States Board of Geographic Names]
  3. Web site: Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania.