Kalnujai
Appearance
Kalnujai | |
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Village | |
![]() Church of Saint Victor in Kalnujai | |
Coordinates: 55°19′41″N 23°5′38″E / 55.32806°N 23.09389°E | |
Country | ![]() |
County | Kaunas County |
Municipality | Raseiniai District Municipality |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 392 |
Time zone | UTC 2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC 3 (EEST) |
Kalnujai is a village in Raseiniai District Municipality in Lithuania with a population of 402 inhabitants (2011).[1]
History
[edit]During the summer of 1941, an Einsatzgruppen of German and Lithuanian nationalists murdered the Jews of the nearby town of Raseiniai and the surroundings on a site in Kalnujai. Hundred of Jews died in the mass executions.[2] A memorial is built on the site of the massacre.
References
[edit]- ^ "2011 census". Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved August 21, 2017.
- ^ "Holocaust Atlas of Lithuania".
External links
[edit] Media related to Kalnujai at Wikimedia Commons