Country Lithuania County Alytus County Population 933 (2001) | Ethnographic region Dzūkija Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Sunday 9:19 PM | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind W at 13 km/h, 56% Humidity | ||
Seirijai is a small town in Alytus County in southern Lithuania. In 2001 it had a population of 933.
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Map of Seirijai, Lithuania
History
Alexander Ziskind Maimon, Lithuanian Jewish author and scholar of the Talmud and Mishnah was born in the city in 1809.
On September 11, 1941, 953 Jews from Sierijai were murdered in the Baraučiškės Forest, including 229 men, 384 women and 340 children. The mass execution was perpetrated by Rollkommando Hamann / 1st Battalion 3rd Unit led by Norkus and Obelenis; Lithuanian Activists Front members from Sierijai. 2003 approved Seirijai coat of arms.
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Seirijai Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA