Užpaliai

Užpaliai

Užpaliai

Town in Utena County, Lithuania

Užpaliai (traditional Russian: Ушполь, Polish: Uszpolski) is a town in Utena County, Lithuania. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 758 people.[1]

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History

The Jewish population was important in the town, for example, in 1897, 691 inhabitants were Jewish[2] out of a total population of 740 people.[3][4] In July 1941, the Jewish population was massacred in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian nationalists on different sites.[5][6][7]

References

  1. [1]
    "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Jew Enc".
  3. [3]
    "Uzpaliai,Lithuania".
  4. [4]
    "Lith Comm".
  5. [5]
    "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
  6. [6]
    "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
  7. [7]
    "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".


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