Country Lithuania County Tauragė County First mentioned 1533 Population 6,157 (2005) | Ethnographic region Samogitia Eldership Šilalė city eldership Area 3.48 km² Local time Monday 12:38 AM | |
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Capital of Šilalė district municipality
Šilalė city eldership
Šilalė rural eldership
Traksėdžiai eldership Weather 10°C, Wind N at 11 km/h, 84% Humidity Municipality Šilalė District Municipality | ||
Šilalė ( pronunciation ) is a city in the Tauragė County, Lithuania. It is located 30 km (19 mi) north of Tauragė. River Lokysta flows through the city.
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History
In July 1941, 135 jewish men from Šilalė were shot on a site in the jewish cemetery. In September 1941, the Jewish women and children of Šilalė were shot in the Tūbinės forest. Around 1,300 Jews were massacred by an Einsatzgruppen of Germans and local Lithuanians collaborators.
References
Šilalė Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA