Country Lithuania County Šiauliai County Population 928 (2001) | Ethnographic region Samogitia Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Friday 2:16 AM | |
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Rozalimas is a small town in Šiauliai County in northern-central Lithuania. As of 2001 it had a population of 928.
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Map of Rozalimas, Lithuania
History
The village had an important Jewish community before the Holocaust in Lithuania. After the German invasion of Lithuania in June 1941, Lithuanian nationalists took over local rule. They murdered some of their Jewish neighbors. The rest were transferred to neighboring Pakruojus, and there murdered together with the local Jews on August 4, 1941.
References
Rozalimas Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA