Country Lithuania County Šiauliai County Local time Wednesday 4:31 PM | Ethnographic region Samogitia Time zone EET (UTC+2) Population 664 (2001) | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind W at 24 km/h, 62% Humidity | ||
Lygumai is a small town in Šiauliai County in northern-central Lithuania. As of 2001 it had a population of 664.
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Map of Lygumai, Lithuania
History
In the beginning of August 1941, the Jews of the village, about 70-80 men and over 100 women and children were assassinated. The mass execution was perpetrated by an Einsatzgruppen of German and Lithuanian nationalists.
References
Lygumai Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA