Country Lithuania Time zone EET (UTC+2) | County Taurage County Population 518 (2001) | |
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Municipality Jurbarkas District Municipality | ||
Eržvilkas is a town in Taurage County, Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 518 people.
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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(Text) CC BY-SA