Country Lithuania County Alytus County Population 1,736 (2001) Municipality Druskininkai Municipality | Ethnographic region Dzūkija Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Wednesday 8:40 AM | |
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Weather 4°C, Wind SW at 16 km/h, 86% Humidity | ||
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Leipalingis is a small town in Alytus County in southern Lithuania. In 2001 it had a population of 1736.
Contents
Map of Leipalingis, Lithuania
History
The village had an important Jewish community before World War II On 9 September 1941, 155 men, women and children were murdered by Lithuanian guards in a mass execution close to the Catholic cemetery next to the Seira river.
References
Leipalingis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA