Country Lithuania County Šiauliai County Population 721 (2001) | Ethnographic region Samogitia Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Monday 12:08 AM | |
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Weather 10°C, Wind N at 11 km/h, 83% Humidity | ||
Šaukėnai is a small town in Šiauliai County in northern-central Lithuania. In 2001 it had a population of 721.
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History
On July 31, 1941, 273 to 300 Jews from the village were murdered by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans and Lithuanian nationalists in a mass execution. They were mostly men, the women and childrend were taken to Žagarė ghetto.
References
Šaukėnai Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA