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Country
  
Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

County
  
Taurage County

Population
  
518 (2001)

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Eržvilkas is a town in Taurage County, Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 518 people.

Contents

Map of Er%C5%BEvilkas, Lithuania

History

Before World War II and the Holocaust, the village had an important Jewish community. In 1923, they are 46% of the total population. At the beginning of the war there are 180 Jews living in the village. 0

In 1941 they were exploited as forced labour. In September 1941, they were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of Lithuanian policemen at the Gryblaukis forest.

References

Eržvilkas Wikipedia


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