Viduklė Explained

Viduklė
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:2021
Population Total:1,425
Coordinates:55.4028°N 22.8972°W
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+02:00
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+03:00

Viduklė (Baltic languages: Vėdoklė) is a small town in a Raseiniai district municipality, Kaunas County, central-western Lithuania. In 2011, it had a population of 1,678.[1]

History

221 Jews lived in the town according to the 1923 census.The German army entered the town on June 23, 1941 and set up a ghetto to imprison the Jewish population.[2] Starting on July 24, 1941, hundred of Jews living in the city were shot by Germans and Lithuanians collaborators.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2011 census. Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). August 17, 2017.
  2. Web site: Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania. www.holocaustatlas.lt.
  3. Web site: Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania. www.holocaustatlas.lt.
  4. Web site: YAHAD - IN UNUM. yahadmap.org.