Country Lithuania County Kaunas County Capital of Žiežmariai eldership Population 3,852 (2005) | Ethnographic region Aukštaitija Eldership Žiežmariai eldership First mentioned 1348 Local time Monday 5:41 AM | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind N at 11 km/h, 85% Humidity Municipality Kaišiadorys District Municipality | ||
Žiežmariai ( pronunciation ) is a city in the Kaišiadorys district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 6 km (3.7 mi) south of Kaišiadorys.
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History
The Jewish population was important in the town since the 16th century and represented 50% of the total population before World War II. In 1941, hundreds of Jews from the city and from nearby villages of Kaisiadorys and Žasliaisont are murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an einsatzgruppen of Germans and Lithuanians collaborators.
Žiežmariai has a rare, surviving wooden synagogue.
Notable people
Danguolė Rasalaitė (1983-2000), sexual-slavering victim.
References
Žiežmariai Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA