Lygumai
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Lygumai is located in Lithuania
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| Country |  Lithuania |
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| Ethnographic region | Samogitia | |
| County | Šiauliai County | |
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| • Total | 664 | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Lygumai is a small town in Šiauliai County in northern-central Lithuania. As of 2001 it had a population of 664.
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.[1]
References
- This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.
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