Pušalotas

Pušalotas
Town

Coat of arms
Pušalotas
Coordinates: LT 55°56′00″N 24°14′40″E / 55.93333°N 24.24444°E / 55.93333; 24.24444
Country  Lithuania
County Panevėžys County
Population (2001)
  Total 885
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Pušalotas is a small town in Panevėžys County, in northeastern Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, the town has a population of 885 people.[1]

History

10 Jewish men and women as well as alleged Communists were murdered in July 1941, in the Jewish cemetery of the city. In the same month local white armbanders shot 18 more Jews in the forest of Šadeikoniai. Another execution of the town’s Jews might have taken place in August or September 1941 with 248 killed. The exact date and circumstances of the massacre are not known.[2]

References

  1. "2001 census" (in Lithuanian). Statistikos Departamentas (Lithuania). Retrieved December 1, 2010.
  2. http://www.holocaustatlas.lt/EN/#a_atlas/search//page/6/item/237/


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