Country Lithuania Eldership Želva eldership Population 516 (2001) | County Vilnius County Time zone EET (UTC+2) | |
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Municipality Ukmergė District Municipality | ||
For the town in Belarus, see Zel’va.
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Želva is a town in Ukmergė district municipality, Vilnius County, east Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 516 people.
History
The town has a Catholic church and a synagogue. Želva is the birthplace of Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Aaron Klug.
On July 26 and 27, 1941, the Jews of the town are murdered in a mass execution perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen and local Lithuanian nationalists. 60 people were killed.
References
Želva Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA